libs on reddit love posting this narrative. "lol the dumb arabs thought trump would be better so now they're gonna get deported for being muslim because trump is racist, unlike me" meanwhile nobody thought trump would be better, just that biden/harris couldn't be worse than what's already happening. for the year leading up to election day, all we heard was "progressives/leftists/young people will give the election to trump if they abstain from voting just because they don't like harris" but why is anybody obligated to vote for someone who they actively don't support the policies of, just because these other people do, and somehow that obligates the rest of us? they can't comprehend that their candidate is no better than the other one on anything other than rhetoric. the democratic party knew what would happen but rather than changing their course and even paying lipservice to progressives and leftists and young people, they took cheyney endorsements, went further right, and literally plugged their ears to people's protests. they gave trump the election, not people who didn't vote or voted third party

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

The DNC is faced with two fronts: a looming class war and a battle for state control within their own class. They decided the class war is more existentially threatening.

Taking a hard stance against leftist ideology and following up with this kind of blaming propaganda is necessary for them to discipline the population in much the same way that employers utilize layoffs to ward off strikes and collective action in the workplace. It works well because when bad things happen like layoffs, people are upset and look for someone to blame. It’s difficult to counter this kind of propaganda.