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Tuesday’s New York primary results are the latest sign that Americans are sick to death of a rigged economy and of billionaires buying their elections.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

It's true.

Donald's candidates have lost almost every election in 2025 and 2026, no matter whether it's a red or blue state, and most were double-digit losses in districts he won in 2024. The only good news he's gotten has been in Republican primaries, but the vast majority of Americans fucking hate Republicans right now.

People are rightfully angry. They wanted a focus on affordability and real immigration reform. What they got were masked thugs chasing down 5th graders in the street and, somehow, cost of living being even more fucked up and Donald admitting, on camera, that he doesn't care that Americans are fucking starving while embroiling us in a forever war that people voted against in 2024.

His approval rating is lower than Jimmy Carter's and Dems are polling in double digits over Republicans. November is going to be a bloodbath. (But I doubt Dems will create any real change, unless there are more Mamdanis or Platners out there than I'm aware of.)

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, most people who supported Republicans in the past won't learn any real lessons. They'll vote for the same sorts of policies again.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Yeah. Identity protective cognition is one hell of a drug.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I have no doubt they will, but not in the next election.

In the next election the greater likelihood is that they won't skip a badly-needed day's pay in order to vote at all. That's what anger and poverty do to people, as Democrats experienced in 2024.

[–] LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Bu bu buu what about the TAnKiEs?!?

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

You want praxis? Feed people. Take a note from anarchists on that one.