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at this moment it is important to know where blame lies with this election. it is not the fault of anti-genocide organizers or palestinians, it is not the fault of the left for failing to pick the lesser evil. from the beginning of the process the democratic party fucked themselves over historically with this one.

they did not have a primary to even allow voters to consider options other than biden, then biden started going publicly senile. he waited until the last possible minute to drop out, making the only viable candidate one who was NOT elected and who was like the fourth or fifth most popular dem primary candidate in 2020. she then had no time to campaign, aligned herself with biden’s intensely unpopular administration at every turn, made no attempt to propose policy or make herself stand out, remained in support of a genocide despite mass protests and polling showing her campaign was suffering for it, and made the baffling decision to court moderate republicans and campaign with war criminals.

yes, it is depressing that half the country would vote for someone like donald trump despite it all. but the democrats shot themselves in the foot repeatedly then wondered why they couldn’t walk. they once again failed to take him seriously, failed to take any critique of them seriously, and failed to create a viable opposition to his very real threat.

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All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point. Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it. It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this. But these are all just symptoms. The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned. Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even basic steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future. Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment. At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development. The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital. And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism. They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative. So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

Jason Hickel

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the most depressing part is that it's not even kamala's stance on genocide that is costing her the elections. i wish it were. it's people genuinely shifting for trump. but it's the pro-palestine movement that's going to get the blame for it.

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if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

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i forgot about the part where it feels like you’re being hunted for sport

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queer people on this site really make me feel like a confused straight guy at pride. the discourse here could kill a man

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claiming you refuse to divest because "weighing in on this international matter is beyond the ACLU’s remit" and "it is not the ACLU's practice to take positions on overseas conflicts" but actually you HAVE taken positions on overseas conflicts in the past including divestment in south african apartheid and opposition to the vietnam war, and turns out the actual reason is it would have a very significant deleterious impact on your investment portfolio… as a nonprofit civil rights organization………… lmao!!!!!!!!

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she…

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'do you think you're superior for not using AI in your work' thank you for asking! yes i do

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Some say now suffer all the children and walk away a savior or a madman and polluted from gutter institutions

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Dean just called in, you’re expelled

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WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE NOTHING AT ALL!!!!!

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A year has passed since the aggression against Gaza, 🇵🇸 fear brought with it tension and anxiety 🥹

Bombing, displacement, deprivation 😭😭, genocide, death, hunger and deprivation,😢

Loss is without a safe haven. 😭🙏💔!!️

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we need to make using chatgpt embarrassing bc sorry it really is. what do you mean you can’t write an email

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