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[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Are you talking about Bernie? He literally got less primary votes, thats why he lost, period. I agree the DNC tried to fuck him over, but at the end of the day he got less votes and that's all there is to it. If Bernie's voters were as vote-happy as they were loud, he would have been the winner of the primary.

They implemented a number of reforms after Wikileaks exposed their corrupt practices, their primary system is more fair and robust than it was in 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries#Reforms_since_2016

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It must be noted that the same people who told me that Bernie was too old in 2016 are now telling me that Biden is fine.

Also, that’s not even the thing that’s most concerning. The thing that’s most concerning is that Biden doesn’t appear to understand that if he loses, we probably also lose democracy. But that’s ok because he’ll have tried his goodest.

I dunno man. That sounds a hell of a lot like malarkey to me.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Lol, you saying Biden will have tried his goodest here cracks me up. Only the Lord Almighty can save us from Biden.

[–] Thief_of_Crows@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bernie got fewer votes, but it was the result of blatant cheating. So its much more correct to say he was the rightful winner of it, especially considering that he would have beaten trump (according to polls). So he was a better representation of both the will of the people had there not been meddling, and the greater good for the left.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

DNC knew this too. They knew Bernie was polling better. The DNC said we don't care about what our voters want, we know better, and if you don't pledge to our candidate then we'll convince our cult members that you're a Trump supporter.