The question is not which person to vote for in the general election. The question is also not why did a better person not win the primary.
The question is why is politics such a mess that we are here in the first place?
The answer is that it must be always be this bad; it’s been this way for centuries. And if people think it was somehow better at an earlier stage, because different issues and people were around, then I envy their conviction
The question is also not why did a better person not win the primary.
Because consultancy firm Fight Agency handpicked and trained Graham Platner for their million dollar campaign as their pet project. He’s not some random oyster farmer who just decided to go into politics.
The people yearn for the woke nazi mercenary
They want to lose. It’s the only conclusion one can come to.
How many times can one watch the incompetent Democrats step on a rake before their sanity breaks. It’s the same fucking scene on repeat.
Except that Platner wasn’t the candidate promoted by DNC leadership. That would be Janet Mills. The Democrats failed to find a candidate who wasn’t almost 80 years old and Platner is going to sail to victory in the primary because he supports Medicare for all, stopping weapons sales to Israel and trans rights, positions the Democratic Party is too cowardly to endorse. In spite of his many character defects, he’s much more in touch with what voters want than Chuck Schumer.
He’s endorsed by Chuck Schumer, who is essentially the head of the DNC at this point.
Chuck Schumer only did so once his preferred candidate dropped out and Platner became unopposed in the primary. And all he said was “we’re going to retake the senate,” not any kind of personal endorsement
he didn’t bother with others like mamdani, even after it became clear that his preferred candidate wasn’t going to win.
something about platner made him decide to bother when he could have done what he’s always done – nothing.
Hypothetically, he might see which way the wind is blowing. When the preferred establishment picks keep losing then, eventually, the establishment either has to adapt to changing circumstances or become ex-establishment.
Or maybe he had a productive phonecall and got some promises in exchange for an endorsement.
Or maybe Platner was a plant from the very beginning and this is all 5d chess.
Or maybe Platner was a plant from the very beginning and this is all 5d chess.
it’s not 5d chess – they just get information before everyone else. so they can strategize early, throwing everything at the wall until something sticks.
almost five years ago, the ADL publicly warned that tiktok was making palestine and class consciousness mainstream in the u.s – and they’d likely been tracking the shift even longer. the DNC’s first strategies were to ban gaza discussion; pour resources into people still unaware of class consciousness; and ban tiktok. the 2024 election showed that those strategies didn’t stick.
meanwhile, others closely aligned w the DNC pursued two other highly effective strategies that the DNC leadership sidelined in the 2024 election. both have clearly stuck in recent elections: (1) hiding AIPAC/ADL/etc. support through shell organizations, and (2) elevating relatable, masculine men who are somewhat aware of palestine and class consciousness but don’t fully grasp either well enough to be manipulable – and they’re strategies that are staring to stick in front of our eyes.
You can’t really compare this race to the New York City mayoral race. For one, Schumer is the leader of the Democrats in the senate and needs Democrats to unseat Republican senators in order for him to personally gain power. For two, the NY mayoral race was between Cuomo and Mamdani. it was not between a Democrat and a Republican.
schumer endorsed adams in the previous race; he gets involved in mayoral races when he doesn’t have to.
Given he has failed to endorse other democratic candidates for the house and senate despite being the dem candidates… I doubt that’s his motivation.
But hey far be it from me to suggest the guy that explicitly endorses the genocide of palestinians might be a genuine supporter of a guy that volunteered for the military because he wanted to kill people, did 3 tours with the US military then worked for blackwater and still frequently wears his blackwater hat because he likes that it makes people upset; and that the latter might just be a plant.
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Except Platner literally is staged by the DNC. All of his stated positions are buzzwords which he has been trained to say. He believes nothing of the words he says and says them to win the election. That’s why he’s so “perfect” (as long as you ignore his entire past)
This race is a tempest in a teapot. People will interpret many contradictory things and see much validation for and against the national system.
See? We can get candidates in office who want to change things.
Only the corrupt and evil are elected.
The democrats are self defeating.
This candidate, even if he is a good politician, cannot change a helplessly broke system. He was a rare fluke who will achieve nothing.
Ultimately, his winning or losing will not affect anything. Federally, there are broken things that cannot be changed.
There is no chance at reform nationwide, by any mechanism, until things I do not understand change significantly for many people.
Being honest about how broken something is; is not defeatism, but a healthy reality check. But seeing that is very hard for many, which is why people talk instead about this broken person.
It’s easier to talk about this war criminal who probably has many hidden scandals waiting to be unearthed, than it is to talk about the futility of his election
The question is why is politics such a mess that we are here in the first place?
The problem with “choosing the lesser evil” led to the “evil” gaining acceptance and more foot hold, as they shift ever closer to being downright evil.
And if people think it was somehow better at an earlier stage, because different issues and people were around, then I envy their conviction
My friend, there are places right now that are doing it better.
You realize that the primary hasn’t happened yet, right? It’s not until next Tuesday.
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this just proves these accustions are fake and made up by the republican mafia
If you read the NYT article they mention three women but only ever talk about one woman’s experience and that woman happens to be connected to the Heritage Foundation. Clear as day what is happening here.
Let’s also not forget the republicans rape children or unconditionally follow people who do.
woman happens to be connected to the Heritage Foundation. Clear as day what is happening here.
And they dated for years! Wow, he’s such an accomodating guy, willing to comprimise!! Love to see you chime in to remind everyone women lie about abuse. Maybe there’s a reason the liberal women who are mentioned but not discussed at length too, but no it’s probably because he’s itty bitty innocent and its allll liesssssss
lol so i’m supposed to believe the guy who got ptsd from killing people for the usa is redeemable, but this woman is 100% unreliable and irrideemable for being republican?
She previously worked for the heritage foundation? Yeh and platner was previously a fucking us marine, they sound like a perfect match tbh
It was something that stuck with her through the years, Ms. Fifield said.
“He said this a lot: If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them,” she recalled, saying that he added that it would not be in “a sexual way, not in a gay way.”
“He was like, I would rape them to show them that I’m dominant,” she said.
Asked about those remarks, a Platner campaign official did not dispute them. A friend who knew Mr. Platner and Ms. Fifield during that period said the comments sounded out of character
the amount of time i am seeing people defend this guy is ridiculous
the article btw, since seemingly no one is linking it https://archive.md/zDww0
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Continuing to support bourgeois parties will never result in proletarian emancipation. Supporting a violent war criminal with Nazi tattoos is what voting blue no matter who has led to.
Alleged rapist vs confirmed rapist? I’ll choose the alleged for now, and work to replace him if/when confirmation occurs.
Better to organize in working class parties than continue to prop up bourgeois parties.
Sure, but right now, we need that seat. Letting the perfect be the enemy of the not-quite-as-shitty is what gets us the absolute shittiest.
The Democrats taking the seat is not “us” taking the seat, but a different faction of capitalists. I’m letting good be the enemy of horrible.
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What evidence runs counter to the fact that supporting bourgeois parties will never empower the proletariat?
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Least juvenile Platner supporter
Do you think you’re convincing anyone with petty insults?
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Platner is a former imperialist boot, and does have Nazi tattoos, and continuing to support the democrats over any worker-forward parties will not advance the interests of the working classes. These are my claims, I am not OP, and throwing petty schoolyard insults at me rather than responding to my actual claims isn’t going to help anything.
No idea what you’re insinuating with the caviar bit.
Vote blue no matter who
Yeah even a ruthless mercenary who loves killing people and enjoyed working at Abu Ghraib. Or genocide enthusiasts like Kamala.
Hell no matter who even means you’d vote for Trump or Hitler if they were blue lmao
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Why isn’t there a better candidate then?
You mean like Maureen Galindo? Because the Fight Agency consultancy “left” launches smear campaigns against every leftist who is actually organic.
For the same reason theres no anti genocide party in the US
There are, like PSL! They are just kept away from the levers of power.
Because USA sucks?
People could vote for Costello.
When you can’t attack his policies, attack his character. Works every time.
“Trump is going to save America by starting no more wars and bringing jobs back to the people!”
Yeah, man. “The character of elected representatives isn’t relevant to how they’ll govern” is gonna be a tough sell, man.
You never know the guy personally, so there’s always risk. But Platner and his wife have been honestly adressing all allegations. I’d rather take my chances with someone that supports all the right policies than with someone “safe” that doesn’t.
… he honestly addressed the nazi tattoo? Cause I saw a politician’s response to that, rather than an honest response.
Listen, people being skeptical about the Blackrock Mercenary with the now-covered nazi tattoo that can speak pretty sounds like a pretty reasonable stance to take
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I’m not watching a 16min interview for you and your timestamp had nothing to do with the tattoo. Try again
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Nah, man. I’m saying the character of a person is relevant to their candidacy. There are lots of great progressive and DSA endorsed candidates this cycle. Platner doesn’t need to be the guy that every one circles around
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Lol, were you out there claiming the misogynisric reddit comments weren’t a bad sign? Got some of your own? Never unpacked maybe?
Look, when women are crowing about how a guy “never hit them” over tense shit like this, he was being a fence sitter on the subject of beating them, & they were trying to justify the situation to stay alive
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A seasoned internet denizen would immediately synthesize the sensory information you have into “oh that guy doesn’t give a fuck”, but thanks for grading my post. Yes, I come online & write absolutely anything I want.
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