Democrats spent the last year asking where their Joe Rogan was. Hasan Piker is one of the few left-wing figures with the audience they covet — but the party is deeply hostile to the spontaneity and independence that make figures like him appealing.

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    Weird how attempting to control peoples opinions online didn’t win Harris the presidency then.

    Maybe the focus should’ve been on earnestly listening to concerns from the leftists under the umbrella instead of silencing them.

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      IT WAS TOO FUCKING LATE FOR THAT! Harris was the candidate. End of. There was zero possibility of replacing her with somebody more leftist. The choices were only “vote for Harris” or “help Trump.” That’s it.

      Game theory is MATH, not an opinion!

      Did you think I wanted that class traitor prosecutor bitch either?! Fuck, no! But, being someone who isn’t a goddamn drooling moron, I realized that Trump was even worse and held my nose. That’s how the system works, and it does not care how much you or I both hate it.

      Nobody was trying to “control people’s opinions;” we were trying to stop you from making an objective mathematical error that would destroy us all.

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        The choices were only “vote for Harris” or “help Trump.”

        Or vote third party. Which I proudly did. And will do again unless the Democrats stop fucking shit up.

        Did you think I wanted that class traitor prosecutor bitch either?! Fuck, no!

        So why didn’t you speak up? Was it because you knew Lemmy would censor you? Do you think it’s right to censor someone for what you just said?

        That’s how the system works, and it does not care how much you or I both hate it.

        The system is like that because you refuse to support third-party support. By you refusing to validate third parties, they don’t have the pull they should have. But if EVERYONE voted third party, guess what? Shit would start to change. You are actually part of the problem, not the solution.

        Nobody was trying to “control people’s opinions;” we were trying to stop you from making an objective mathematical error that would destroy us all.

        And how did that work out for you? What ended up happening?

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          The choices were only “vote for Harris” or “help Trump.”
          Or vote third party.

          That’s a lie. “Vote third party” is a subset of “help Trump.”

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            Thanks for proving my point. I bet ya miss the lemmy times right before the 2024 election, huh? I bet you hate seeing how many people are pro-third party these days! lolol EDIT: A little too much snark, but poster is definitely showing how angry some people can be when it comes to third-party talk.

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              No, I don’t. Why? Because NOW is the time that we SHOULD be trying to replace the neoliberals!

              Could you quit your trolling for just a goddamn second and actually COMPREHEND what I’ve been writing?!

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                Because NOW is the time that we SHOULD be trying to replace the neoliberals!

                Then maybe you should stop being pissed off and yelling at people who support other parties.

                Could you quit your trolling for just a goddamn second and actually COMPREHEND what I’ve been writing?!

                So disagreeing with you is “trolling”?! I don’t think that word means what you think it means.

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                  They were specifically talking about voting for third party in the 2024 general election. They weren’t yelling at people who support other parties.

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                    Right, and people are free to vote however they want, in any election. People are allowed to vote for who they want to win. Third party or otherwise.