▲ 750 ▼ They'll come demanding our votes any day now (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago by K1nsey6@lemmy.world [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world 420 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) If that were true Analilia Mejia wouldn't have beaten Tom Malinowski. She did. If that were true, Cuomo would've beaten Mamdani. He didn't. If that were true Janet Mills would be winning her primary. She's not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Yep, we've thwarted them for now, in a few exceptional instances. But a few examples don't matter in the long run. Look at what happened after Ross Perot. They're already figuring out how to strengthen their hold on our institutions so these few scattered examples aren't repeatable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kandoh@reddthat.com -2 points 4 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) Yep, we've thwarted them for now, in a few exceptional instances. But a few examples don't matter in the long run. Look at what happened after Ross Perot. They're already figuring out how to strengthen their hold on our institutions so these few scattered examples aren't repeatable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] kandoh@reddthat.com -2 points 4 months ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
