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[–] [email protected] 111 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If he wins, the dem establishment is fucking joever. It will show that people will actually vote for candidates that behave like empathetic human beings and the democratic and republican parties have very few of those.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

They'll probably sink so low as to assange him, ie fake rape allegations. Just watch.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

If they can't bury him with their capital, ownership of media, etc ... They will murder him.

Let's not delude ourselves here. We're taking about a collective of megalomaniacs, psychopaths, and narcissists who wage wars and commit genocide on behalf of the almighty dollar. They have no problem mass murdering babies. Murdering millions of innocent civilians is of no consequence to these demons. Neutralizing some elected socialist is nothing more than a line item on a Tuesday morning to them.

I'm not suggesting anyone back down. I'm suggesting you need to know your enemy, and be prepared to act accordingly. They'll murder everyone sympathetic to leftism before they let socialism redistribute their wealth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Murder is so gauche in our era of media manipulation and attention nano-spans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

i have a feel hochul and the state legislature might try to neuter his powers if he is elected.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Literally this lol, rip JFK. The problem is that the masses will never support a revolutionary uprising unless a peaceful one has been tried and beaten down.

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

No no, only if you want to restrict nuclear weapons to the Chosen People will that happen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn’t that, by itself, a good thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It is certainly better than doing nothing. But be prepared for establishment ghouls siding with Republicans more openly to suddenly get "stuff zone".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

“You have to be a lion, to be able to be the lamb you really want to be.”

“There is ONE way out.”

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

People often say like "You can't just shoot trump, you'll make him a martyr and hyper energize his base!" I don't know if that's true. I like to think that if Zohran was assassinated, people would push harder for his vision and legacy. But a lot of people are also kind of just.. not all the way here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trumps following is quite cult-like, so there's a chance. But I think it's very likely that, even if they continue to idolize trump, the movement will be extremely split instead of rallying behind one person.

I'm honestly kinda surprised no one has tried again, take some inspiration from ukraine and it seems very hard for him to actually be safe from attempts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

the first 2-3 times were allegedly staged, so thats why there isnt anymore attempts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Difference is Trump is much more on national level. Bigger game.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good. Sometimes I fantasize about getting into local politics but have been fearful I’m not self centered enough to be successful. This gives me hope.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Dont need to be self centered. Its not about you. But your community!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I imagine the one thing most needed to get into Democratic politics is to pretend to kowtow to them. Promise you’ll vote for their antisocial policies. Then don’t, and say it’s because you need to build up public goodwill, and the vote they wanted wasn’t going to pass anyway, etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

so pulling a reverse fetterman?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least in all the giant cities with ranked choice voting.

Still gonna be tight in Amarillo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Ok, so here's why anyone to the left of manchin can't win anywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Should be noted this is a fan account, his official one is @ZohranKMamdani

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

I choose to believe this is false.

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

This one has a blue checkmark.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

So it's definitely not him.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

See, opposing israel is not a political suicide

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's wild to me that it's so controversial for a politician to criticize this.

Very obvious war crimes and ethnic cleansing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Capitalism is amoral, meaning it can lead to some real immoral behaviour when monied interests want it that way. It can be wielded to contend with the will of the people, making it a potential enemy to democracy.

The intermediary is supposed to be government. Supposed to be...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

"soldiers ordered"

soldiers willingly participated in war crimes. soldiers willingly MURDERED unarmed civilians.

absolute scum.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

That's not him dude.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago