• tree_frog_and_rain@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Taking campaign advice from her brother in law, the CLO of Uber, who is a big part of the gig economy which destroys workers rights, was also a huge red flag.

    I still voted for her, but it was like choosing a shit sandwich over Hitler. I didn’t exactly want either one.

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      Both her husband and her campaign manager (her brother in law) are hard core zionists who pushed Harris to ditch the left. What those two wanted was support for israel, and that meant turning away progressives to get votes from the right. The only way those two were ‘losing’ would be if Harris or Trump won + turned left, which didnt happen. So they got an acceptable outcome. Harris chose her allies (and husband) badly.

      I cant imagine a dem ever winning a pro genocide, anti american worker campaign, can you? I can easily imagine right wingers winning such a thing, and thats what happened. Republican voters will cheerfully turn out to harm people— and dems a bit less so. Some of you think thats a problem, and I dont think it is. I’m glad we’re not a party that wins based on embracing mass murder and war crimes.

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        Yeah, she also was going on about fracking.

        Campaign was like “see, I’m left of Trump and he’s literally the devil. Never mind that I’m to the right of Nixon myself. Blue no matter who! Shame on you for not bothering to vote.”

        I dislike Trump. I mean he’s evil and is trying to erase me.

        But I hate Kamala. Because betrayal cuts deeper.

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        The real problem was that voting for Trump was voting for Mussolini today. Voting for Kamala was voting for Hitler in 2028. If she had managed to win, someone even worse than Trump would win the election in 2028. That’s the only possible result from a hypothetical Kamala admin, if she had managed to win the election.

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          I don’t know if that was the only possibility.

          But yes, Kamala was to the right of Nixon. And cranked the ratchet effect hard during her run.

          The fracking, Gaza, and ties to Uber was especially disgusting imo.

          I wouldn’t be surprised if in that timeline a more competent fascist took 2028.