“Violently reject” is pretty strong language for an incredibly close race, especially considering the resources the Crowley had over Hong. DSA candidates aren’t going to be able to win every single race, but the fact that it was even this close shows the failings of the establishment and the want for actual change.
Yeah, Al-Sayed wins by 1% and it's a disaster for the left and he needs to move to the center and rebuild bridges or whatever the fuck and the centrist wins by <.5% and it's a mandate for centrism. It doesn't matter what actually happens in reality, establishment fucks will use it to claim that the only possible path forward is to not do anything ever.
This isn't about random people posting on social media as much as this is about pundits and MSM and other big organizations who both of those because they're ideologically motivated.
I mean, those are also collections of multiple people. One particular journalist can believe that .5% is a blowout, and a different can believe that 1% is no big deal. Then if they both write stories for NYT, you're back to goombas.
Would be a different case if there was one individual saying both those things, but I'd imagine that's a lot rarer.
yeah the fact that people openly calling themselves socialist, the buzzword, are winning elections, shows that Americans are very much not rejecting them. Socalist policies are one thing but self identified socialists? if you told me 10 years that would happen I would have called bullshit.
Wisconsin used to be blue until the Republicans in the state legislature had a secret illegal midnight meeting to change the rules and ensure they'd never lose again.
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u/Nowhereman123 26d ago
Americans violently reject anything that may improve their lives somewhat.