• the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Well i probably wouldn’t be here without Bernie. Being as actively involved in the voting process as i was that year have me a front row seat to view how thoroughly it has been corrupted.

    but he didn’t get me in to the Democratic party, he got me out. I remember after he was ratfucked by the biden campaign, one of his faithful asked him “so what do we do now?” and his answer, vote broke my fuckin heart.

    Cool story i know

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I worry, but I’m also hopeful that people outgrew Bernie the same way. I think what we really need is a party that can reach out to Bernouts to help move beyond playing voteball every couple years. As it is all we have are Internet communities and podcasts, so only a fraction of people are escaping.