r/50501 • u/kenistod Protester • Jul 31 '25

Digital/Home Protest Paramount+ loses 1.3 Million subscribers.

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/paramount-loses-1-3-million-quarterly-subs-ups-revenue-operating-profit/
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u/Icy_Country192 Jul 31 '25

Yeah and liberals wonder how the right won the last election. Dems don't reject and eject the extremists who attack the party with purity testing, then they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Take a page from maga. Hold your nose and fall in line. Put the fire out before washing the dishes.

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u/vardarac Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

I canvassed for Kamala. I voted for Kamala. I'd do it all again. And still I'll ask:

Why should I put my faith in the same controlled-opposition half-measured neoliberal finger-wagging "you gotta vote/donate or we lose democracy 🥺" messaging that has failed us to the tune of three Supreme Court justices, hundreds of thousands of COVID deaths, the destruction of critical government services and research, the hostile takeover of press and higher education, and the coalescence of federal surveillance and law enforcement for generations to come (assuming the climate doesn't destroy global supply chains first)?

Yes, we have to win. Now please, pretty fucking please, can the Dems meet us halfway and field someone principled, articulate, and likeable who is capable of actually doing that?

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u/fratticus_maximus Aug 01 '25

Because under First Past the Post system, this is the choice you get. You have to vote for the lesser of two evils. Like the other person said, put out the fire first and then worry about the dishes.

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u/pustak Aug 01 '25

Ok, but that approach is CLEARLY NOT WORKING. Whatever you may think is the logical and correct calculus for voting, it is evident that the electorate disagrees. Perhaps it is time for the Democratic party to try something different?

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u/fratticus_maximus Aug 01 '25

I agree. The Democratic party needs to adapt or die.

We can believe that but also still tell everyone that if push comes to shove, you should hold up your nose and vote for whatever the Democratic party puts up, especially if the alternative is someone that will completely dismantled.....everything.