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Kamala Harris dips in key states, making US election contest a toss-up
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I remember when a poll showed "Generic unnamed Democrat" polling 8% better than Biden in some places. It was clear as day that voters wanted literally anything but Biden. When Biden dropped out people thought they'd be getting their wish, but every day since then, Kamala just keeps telling us that she's gonna continue exactly what Biden did.
How is it not obvious to everyone that dems are controlled opposition?
Sure, they can reduce the imperial boomerang in reasonable amounts (but not too much) in their local places. But on a federal level they better lock in with the democrats to happily serve the American people all the exploitation they keep enthusiastically asking for.
I think a lot of it is people wanting to believe otherwise. I noticed this in myself when the Walz picked was announced and there was this initial surge of enthusiasm. Democrats were doing this "Republicans are weird" bit that worked hilariously well and Walz had a record of progressive policies in his state.
I live in Germany so US politics doesn't affect me as directly as it does Americans, but the tiny part in me that still holds on to naive, liberal ideas saw that and was like "Hey, maybe the West's descent into fascism will finally stop now and we can all go back to brunch! Wouldn't that be lovely? Wouldn't it be just lovely if the good guys took charge and you wouldn't have to worry about all the horrible things in the world anymore? Wouldn't it be nice to feel hope again after a year of unprecedented despair?"
Personally I was way too jaded and disillusioned to truly buy into that, but I could tell that I wanted to believe.
I don't even see them as controlled opposition anymore. They're competing (and generally friendly) fascist tendencies, nothing more- even the "reduce the imperial boomerang" is an overstatement, considering what we're actually talking about is them simply "not engaging in internal colonialism/oppression as much (in certain specific places)." Klanmala's history as a prosecutor is basically the textbook example of this.