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yardwork

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5. Looks like they're intent on making their own lies come true.

Reply to mdbl (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:28 AM

Nov 19

For forty years people have been brainwashed into thinking that the U.S. is a hellhole on the verge of collapse.

And as the masses dutifully put the Republicans in power over and over, things did get worse for the young and the lower income people. We've lost a lot of ground. This helped to convince more voters that the Democrats are horrible.

Now it's a positive feedback loop where the masses themselves have ensured total collapse, by putting Putin stooge back in power.

Their fantasies about the U.S. being a hellgolr are about to come true.

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Tha answer to why did Democrats lose is simple [View all] mdbl Nov 19 OP

Yep, how long have they insisted on calling us? "the Democrat party" Walleye Nov 19 #1

But we won in 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2020 jimfields33 Nov 19 #2

except in the last 40 years mdbl Nov 19 #3

Lies that are not pushed pack was a huge problem. jimfields33 Nov 19 #7

Good luck breaking through their echo chamber. mdbl Nov 19 #8

We only need three percent of less to get our message of truth. jimfields33 Nov 19 #16

Harris and Walz pushed back on lies. Voters didn't believe them. yardwork Nov 19 #17

Lol. I havent seen push back. oldmanlynn Nov 19 #22

TSF ran on a WALL of lies. johnnyfins Nov 19 #25

With a complicate media. LakeArenal Nov 19 #28

Like Pravda or Izvestia in the old days. The Unmitigated Gall Nov 19 #30

The Democrats have not had real power in DC since the 90s yardwork Nov 19 #11

It is the non-partisans that are swinging the election Dumpy Nov 19 #12

We won the presidency Cosmocat Nov 19 #21

If you're using the voting public as the metric, the "swing back and forth" part is a debate error. jaxexpat Nov 19 #33

Yes! I've watched republicans say they may not vote for TSF because Tadpole Raisin Nov 19 #4

Looks like they're intent on making their own lies come true. yardwork Nov 19 #5

Create a hellhole, and you'll never lack people to blame (immigrants, liberals, gays, Teh Jooooz!!!) hatrack Nov 19 #10

It's a depressingly age-old, simple, and effective strategy. yardwork Nov 19 #14

A vast ecosystem of misinformation Johnny2X2X Nov 19 #6

We have to compete in kind. Elessar Zappa Nov 19 #26

Agree Johnny2X2X Nov 19 #31

Bull feathers, we need to make dissemination of propaganda a capital crime. jaxexpat Nov 19 #34

Let's remember that right wing SocialDemocrat61 Nov 19 #9

Absolutely mdbl Nov 19 #13

They cast John Kerry and Al Gore as other and evil! yardwork Nov 19 #18

Dems have to learn how to make sure Trump fails miserably kansasobama Nov 19 #15

Right wingers treat government like a game of jenga. Intractable Nov 19 #19

Great description Farmer-Rick Nov 19 #27

Book that explains things very well Ibapah Nov 19 #20

How does a civil war put an end to the RW media ecosystem? Fiendish Thingy Nov 19 #23

Too simplistic. The thirst for simplistic explanations is ever-powerful but not often useful. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 19 #24

Some people did vote for Trump Farmer-Rick Nov 19 #29

Simply extreme. Omnipresent Nov 19 #32

That's what many people thought when learned VP Nixon was the template for the novel, "The Ugly American". jaxexpat Nov 19 #35

Ok Omnipresent Nov 19 #36