• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    5 days ago

    We did that with Biden

    The difference is this time we’ll have a choice who the general candidate is…

    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      3 days ago

      We thought that until they rigged the primary for Biden.

      Remember how he wasn’t even in the top 5 until they convinced all the other corporate candidates to drop out at the same time, but made sure Warren stayed in for one more round to knock Bernie out of first place?

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        If you didn’t know Hillary, Biden, and Kamala were going to get shoved down our throats in 2016, 2020, and 2024…

        Maybe you should listen to the people who saw it coming back then, when they tell you this time is different?

        By you own admission, you’re not good at predicting these things, so maybe you should listen to the people who have been good at predicting this stuff?

      • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

        That’s not rigging, that’s politics. If you can’t convince people to vote for you, that’s your problem.

        Bernie or Warren could’ve consolidated too but they didn’t. And for all the people that did come out in the primaries, they thought Biden was best.

        What youre describing is just being a sore loser.

        Signed- someone who got off their ass and voted Bernie in 2020.

        • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 days ago

          Nope. What I’m describing is not letting the people choose, but artificially fucking with the available choices to advantage a particular candidate.

          I also voted Bernie, but it was 5 months after the primary was supposedly already decided. Most of the country literally didn’t have a choice between active campaigns. I can’t be a sore loser of the game was over before I got a chance to play.

          Where’s the democracy?