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[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

This isn’t a surprise, this the new normal emerging from the inhumane conditions of capitalism. People are fed up with having the value of life placed below the value of property, power and wealth.

Capitalists are deluded, distracted and pacified with pretty possessions and their lives have been reduced to mere consumption and the worth of their wealth portfolios. Wealth and property courtesy of those who toil in developing nations, on the backs of workers, in order to support lavish lifestyles of abundant consumption. None of that matters when you die.

The relationships you build with others, the impact you have on your communities and people you interact with, matter far more than how much property and wealth one can amass. The inevitable course of capitalism is the degeneration of civilizations. In the era of techno-capitalism, our communities are falling apart due to isolation and lack of true connections. Without the power to organize and collectively act, via real in-person relationships with emotional investment, we become powerless via lack of true social skills and social anxieties. Internet neurosis.

This is by design and exactly what the techno-capitalists want.

[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 hour ago

finally someone i voted for has won! go get em Angie!

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 9 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Does the US media call every progressive Democrats' win a "surprise"?

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 2 points 22 minutes ago

Yes, because they need to maintain the narrative that progressive candidates are 'fringe' and only ever win by chance or cheating. That way when the general election comes around, potential progressive voters will be disinclined to vote for the progressive candidate, or they may just not go vote at all, because they have been convinced that the progressive can't really win.

[–] zoloftt@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

This isn't US media. It's UK.

[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 hour ago

it only surprise to them. we are fed up.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 7 points 3 hours ago

Next we primary Wasserman-Schultz

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 47 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

$975,000 to Vindman’s $16.3m

16:1. I think that tops El Sayed.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

fabulous congratulations also to Brandon Dukes a (non commie larper) Democrat that flipped a seat in important swing state Pennsylvania.

real results from real politicians

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Het slogan should be:

I'm not a crook