#uselection

[whencyclopedia]

This map illustrates the political landscape of the United States in 1861, just as the nation stood on the brink of civil war. It highlights the division between free and slave states, the status of U.S. territories, and the emerging Confederacy, offering a snapshot of a fractured republic at a critical turning point. As Southern states began to secede following Abraham Lincoln’s election, long-standing...

[liamtwatter]

basically the vote is about Americans not being masochists or being...

[socialismforall]

Democrats Lose 15M Voters Between 2020 and 2024

The US election results aren’t fully counted yet, but it's looking like Kopmala needs a miracle to win the last few states in play. So far, it looks like Trump got 3M fewer votes than in 2020 while Harris got a whopping 15M fewer votes than Biden in 2020. That's a stunning statement of no confidence in a candidate and party that pissed on voters' heads and told us it was raining.

Dems have been going against what the base wants time and again in order to deliver what their 1% owners want; only 8% of Dem voters are actively against #MedicareForAll, for example, yet I didn't hear a single Democrat even mention it this time around. The only time this works for them electorally is when the GOP manages to make itself extra-hated in voters' very recent memory as in 2020 or 2008. Unfortunately for them, it seems like 2024 wasn't one of those times.

Beyond the elections though, what we're witnessing more broadly is the final period of an entire economic system, capitalism. As advanced monopoly capitalism (capitalist-imperialism or just simply "imperialism" in Marxist-Leninist terms) continues to decay, it will become more and more fascist all around. What this means is that there will be no mainstream political options capable of presenting anything else -- and in fact, we should be very skeptical of any that are presented from here on as they most likely will be illusions used to serve the system's needs, not ours, used mainly to buy the capitalists more time.

What I support now is continuing to pull progressive working people out of the insane, anti-democratic death cult of the "Democratic" Party and getting them to organize outside of it, either in a mass left party like the Greens or, for those interested in vanguard studies, a communist party (yet to be formed as most efforts to form a large US vanguard party have resulted in revisionist failures), which in turn can help to advise the mass organizations. Such an effort is not primarily about winning elections within the dying capitalist system, though undoubtedly some wins will be made here and there. It also isn't about "pulling the Democrats left" although we can expect (and must guard against) some amount of left-pandering from Dems as more and more disillusioned workers flee their ranks to join an independent (anti-corporate money, anti-billionaire money) option. It's about advertising the existence of an alternative, disrupting capitalist politics as usual, and building class consciousness and an independent fighting spirit among the workers in preparation for the much more serious struggles ahead, struggles which won't take the neat and tidy form of a capitalist-managed election. Until workers go through the process of detaching their thinking and anxieties from those of the dying bourgeoisie, we won't be able to envision a clear path forward into socialism.

source for text screenshot: https://zeteo.com/p/poll-harris-democrats-gaza-ceasefire-arms-embargo

[byfaithmedia]

Iran has had sanctions removed because Obama, Biden and Harris thought a good-faith show would lead to peace, what happened?

[brentusjoshea]

[mantorokk]

I’m not even American, but when my friend from NYC messaged me to tell me the news this afternoon, I can’t describe the feeling. It’s like a weight has been lifted, and the relief I feel for y’all is just beyond. I know that Biden isn’t the ideal candidate and he’s a right leaning moderate at best, but to see him give his victory speech, and give thanks for that victory to black, Hispanic, Native American, Queer, Transgender and disabled people was something I think a lot of people have been waiting to hear for a long time. I still have fear and worries for you, because I know the fight for equality is no where near over and divisions are still prominent, but for the first time in four years I have hope, and I hope that for a few days, this optimism will help ease the tragedy of this year.

[charleswaterloo]

I’m just waiting for tumblr to crash because of gay angels again

[scottishstoner]

I made this lol 🏃🏻‍♂️🙃