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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I out of touch?

No, it's the children who are hamas.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything I don't like is Hamas/Russia/China!

[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] doleo@lemmy.one 21 points 1 year ago

Yes and no, child. The real hamas is the hamas we made along the way.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

At least western progressives are finally turning against Dems/labour and other fake left parties.

I honestly feel like the biggest hurdle to the western left getting shit done is that everyone has been tricked into thinking that liberals/labour are left in any way. We get presented with "the two sides" when the reality is both major parties are aligned with capitalist imperialism and are therefore both agents of anti-left fascism when push comes to shove. I think the Biden admins inability to control the narrative on Israel and Palestine has opened a lot of people's eyes to that.

[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

And the moment Labour looks even a little bit more progressive, bam! Psyops media campaign!

We are trapped in class warfare and democratic means of escape have been removed.

Side note: had the sudden realisation that Corbyn is the first person I can remember that was directly discredited because they must be "hamas".

[–] Voidance@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A lot of people are turning against them, but there is also the big problem that they keep winning. A few years back when at least vaguely left populism was on the march, you had Sanders in the US, Corbyn in the UK, the Australian Labor Party at that time was taking an unusually left wing platform to elections there, in Europe you had thoe parties like Podemos and whatever those sell outs in Greece are called. And not only did they all lose, but the recalibration towards hardcore third way neoliberalism in the aftermath was very successful. Biden won, UK Labour will win, the ALP was elected in Aus after swinging back to right wing politics. Definitely agree that soc-Dems are the biggest hurdle to rational policy in the West, but things will have to get a lot worse before we fall out of this pattern

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Is this string of losses because the masses genuinely love capitalism so much, or that we are bad at reaching people who could be on our side?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The dems are busy scribbling notes about how to blame Hamas for their upcoming election losses.

[–] jonne 13 points 1 year ago

Hamas got 30000 votes in Michigan which made it swing to Trump.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

UK: Labour Party source displays perfectly smooth brain, has a little cry.

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

It was the Russian Hamas CCPEEEEEEEEEEwojak-nooo

[–] Pili@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

They have to rename themselves Libour Party now, that is the law.