Post #1358615

2026-04-14 06:25 UTC

You cannot imagine how little people cared about the things you care about in US (Ie. Israel/Gaza). It was mostly social media being loud about it, but it didn't affect the results. If you genuinely thought Harris would support Israel more than Trump, I have few bridges to sell you.

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@bearboiblake@pawb.social 2026-04-14 14:53

> You cannot imagine how little people cared about the things you care about in US (Ie. Israel/Gaza) Well, to begin with, Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people was just one issue I mentioned among half a dozen, but I think [you'd actually be surprised](https://www.axios.com/2026/02/22/dnc-2024-autopsy-harris-gaza): > Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza If you're making the point that Israel's genocide wasn't the biggest contributor to Kamala's loss, I would agree. Polling has shown that voters care about medicare for all and the cost of living crisis far more, but the DNC completely refuse to address those issues in any meaningful way either. The fact is, they put the interests of the wealthy before the interests of the working class, because of wealthy and corporate donors, and PACs. With that said, Israel's genocide absolutely was quite a significant issue, and acting like it wasn't just because you feel like it wasn't, is ignorant denialism. > If you genuinely thought Harris would support Israel more than Trump, I have few bridges to sell you. Do you not recognize that I am presenting a nuanced position? I'm not saying that Harris was worse than Trump, I'm saying that she did not significantly differentiate herself from Trump because she held positions that were close to the Republican party and she refused to yield to the left/progressive flank of the Democratic party, and that is why the Democratic party lost. You really should come to terms with the fact that the Trump presidency is now in power because the DNC refused to give working class voters what they want, because the DNC is more responsive to their wealthy donors than they are to the needs of the working class. Both mainstream parties are completely beholden to the interests of the ruling class.

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