LeadersAtWork @ Xanis @lemmy.world

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Kay.

Who else would you recommend as an option?

I think no candidate is a guarantee. All we can do is increase the likelihood. Right now there are two groups against Harris, Republicans being a given:

1. The people who denounced Biden's Presidency and claim he's done nothing, despite his rather impressive record these last four years.
2. Those who denounce Harris by attaching her to Biden and then complain about how she can't win and that both are bad for the county because [insert democrat party].

What we never get are reasons. The simple reality is that you may have your opinions, and the opinions I hear so often are old. A courtesy search allows you to learn a lot about any candidate and member of any party. However, I can't expect you to spend the time to learn about any of them yourself. The Dems get this much at least, and so does Harris. It's why she's pushing so hard.

Now's the time to show us why she can be President and why she can beat Trump. 2020 doesn't matter. Now does. Reasons matter.

Questions the validity of a removal based on information readily accessible.

Completely fucks up who did it despite information readily accessible.

Still thinks his opinion is above reproach.

Okay. So, you've explained how Biden is bad as a proxy of the larger democratic party. Now I want you to give us the same for Republicans.

I mean you won't, people like you never do. But hey, may as well challenge every single one I come across.

The issue here isn't that the Democratic Party isn't playing hardball. The issue is that while the Dems are playing Baseball, the Republicans are playing Blernsball, and the blue continues to lose points and players due to following the old ruleset. The worst thing though is Team Blue has the better players. We have the home run strikers. We have down-the-line pitchers. Left, center, AND right field golden gloves. Our team are winners by any measure of the old system.

We're just playing a wholly different type of game now.

tldr: Stop being blind in your tolerance. Start calling everything you see that is unjust and malicious out. Your freedom probably depends on it

So take what energy you do have and with the rest of us take these next four years and work to fix it. There is a chance if we do it together.

Okay.

In your opinion: Who would be a good candidate?

I've noticed one very important detail:

Nearly all the anti-Harris posts are saying the same things in slightly different ways. When challenged almost none of them respond.

In this thread:

Steam is bad because they are a company that makes money. They would be better if they made no money and all games were advertised at their expense. Oh and I must post my game on Steam because it's their fault no one else has bothered to even try and make a truly viable alternative.

And exactly none of that matters because Valve has never attempted to maliciously take market share. If someone else wants to step in all they have to do is stop being shit. Steam has tons of issues. From the limited UI adaptability for devs to the rather archaic games list and somewhat silly discussions forums from the 90s, all the way to the convoluted larger menu system.

Yet rather than put any real effort into things we get shitty launchers from 9 different companies ONLY selling their limited scope of bullshit.

Image is everything. Charisma bolsters and protects image. The shitty thing is that Biden has done a TON. Yet so many people aren't aware he has done much at all. This isn't some humblebrag situation, he needed to speak out loudly about those accomplishments.

You're wrong. Some wisdom for you: If you're always wrong about something, and only people who hold precisely the exact same viewpoints as you agree, you should consider looking into it yourself. Because the question is no longer whether you're right, it becomes about who is the most correct, and whether you personally care enough and are brave enough to challenge your own viewpoint.

Yeah, we are a bit of a microcosm here. However, when it comes to people on the left you can at least trust that most of us will go around correcting one another, often to our own detriment.

Fascism exists to first justify and in the endgame solidify the tyrannical desire of the elite. Choosing to displace our fears and concerns by undermining, even indirectly, the person we ultimately must support, we do damage to that cause. So while we are not a true Democracy, we have in our laps a chance to stop a slide into something worse.

I feel strongly that despite the many differences we all have, and the discourse those differences often bring, we should seek to put them aside for now. Not forever. Just for now, to work for a better country and a government that exists more for us all. It is optimistic, though I know deep down that those of us not worshipping Trump want for a better life and outnumber the brainwashed and poorly educated red masses by a magnitude. We just have to come together.

You know these things about Harris and yet can't supply us with a single potential alternative? Now I am aware you're likely no expert. Though to have a fair opinion one must be able to account at least somewhat for both sides of the equation.

Please stop dismissing Harris if you can't make even the smallest argument for why someone else may be better. It's potentially damaging and right now, as much as I wish we could debate about it for hours, we need to stop fascism first.

edit: By the way, thank you for admitting you don't know. That alone is something we should all respect.

Alright. Here's your chance:

Who would you choose?

Be prepared to defend your answer.

I wonder if it's pride when you are legitimately the best and are simply aware of it, and whether the fiddle truly meant anything.

I argue the only pride Johnny showed was the need to prove his prowess to a challenger.

There's a wide swath of grey here.

What do you mean by "bum" in this context?

Thing is: We don't believe you. Moreover, you comparing anyone to how Trump speaks and acts is laughable. You also appear to think Bernie is a bad choice.

I'm honestly rather impressed by how far up your own ass you've ended up. Shame too, under policies I suspect you've supported, getting medical help to get out of there is gonna cost a fortune.

I think it's important to point out that Harris isn't the typical ticket:

1. Not a man
2. Lacks that natural charisma, her's is more learned
3. Not purely focused on politics
4. Not white

Here's the thing though:

1. The Left no longer gives a flying fuck about gender. Who can do the job? Her? Let's fucking go!
2. Her team is playing this correctly. I said when Harris was first brought forward that she needs to focus in her strengths as an ex-prosecutor and use words to turn around every significant past and present statement made by Trump and his cronies. Verbally drag them down using their own skeletons.
3. Far as I'm aware her Mom/Dad/Grandparents/Great Uncle Thrice Removed, and the family dog, weren't politicians. I might be mistaken, though we've seen some of the best Presidents and leaders come out from places that weren't establishment political families.
4. AND coherent. Biden was okay, though I think many of us have forgotten what it's like to listen to someone that can string words together without stumbling over every fourth syllable.

The true key is whether she can hold this image. Excitement now means little. Apathy and fear can still set it.