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"This is the behavior of a crazy person.

Trump is a massive failure as president. He has allowed a genocidal monster to take over the foreign policy of the United States.

Trump has permitted Netanyahu to drag America to the threshold of war with Iran."

Source by Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We could change the world if we’d unite and get involved in primaries

WHAT FUCKING PRIMARIES? We didn't have any last year because your shitty wing of the party decided we shouldn't have a choice. After all, we might choose someone who wasn't hell bent on wiping out Gaza like party leadershit wanted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm specifically talking about EACH AND EVERY FUCKING PRIMARY. No one except a small bunch of boomers ever bothers to take part in these. You're proving my point by instantly assuming that presidential primaries are the only primaries. This is a crisis that has only been enabled over decades by the apathy and lack of participation of leftists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

You’re proving my point by instantly assuming that presidential primaries are the only primaries.

The party denying us all a choice because they prefer genocide to letting their voters choose their candidate is emblematic of a deeper issue within the party and its primary system. I can provide additional examples of the party's malfeasance during the primaries. That was just the most glaring.

This is a crisis that has only been enabled over decades by the apathy and lack of participation of leftists.

This is a crisis because the party runs dishonest primaries when it deigns to run them at all.