In 2016, we warned that Hillary Clinton’s campaign was not resonating with Americans. In 2024, we warned about Kamala Harris, and we were ignored again. Now, the worst has happened. So, what do we do? A leftist analysis can help us chart a path forward.
  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
    8813·
    2 months ago

    Kamala Harris truly is Hillary Clinton 2.0.

    Many of Harris’s mistakes were similar to those Hillary Clinton made in 2016. Like Clinton, Harris cozied up to billionaire donors. Mark Cuban, for instance, said he was delighted that Harris was abandoning Democrats’ commitments to progressive principles and letting the business community propose the policies it wanted. Like Clinton, Harris and Tim Walz made hubristic campaign stops in solidly red states like Texas and Kentucky rather than spending the final days laser-focused on crucial battlegrounds. Like Clinton, Harris emphasized celebrity endorsements while failing to successfully court unions. (Most notably, the Teamsters declined to endorse her after she refused to pledge that she wouldn’t break a national railway strike.) Like Clinton, Harris focused too much on the danger of Donald Trump (which is very real) and not enough on the reasons why she would be good at being president herself.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      286·
      2 months ago

      I’ll just say that all the policies she proposed seemed entirely uninteresting to me. Credits for first time home buyers and something about building new homes seemed like her main talking point. This is great for all the people that don’t currently own a home and want to but does nothing for most people that also need help.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        1410·
        2 months ago

        It benefits you by reducing homelessness and poverty in general which has a much higher cost for society in the long run. Holy fuck you guys are so self centered.

        • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
          115·
          1 month ago

          That was not her message. So get off your high horse. It was “I’m going to build houses and it’ll save money for some people that probably aren’t you”. Periodt

          But the exit polls showed that most people felt they were worse ofd today than 4 years ago. You expect all those people to read between the lines to figure out this will help make things better for them eventually? That’s not how politics works.

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
            34·
            1 month ago

            Which saves you money in the long run, that’s what you can’t get into your head, helping others get out of the shit they’re in helps everyone and saves money for everyone in the long run.

            • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
              134·
              1 month ago

              It’s the job of the campaign to explicitly make this argument. They did not. They failed. It is not our fault for their failure. You making this argument is the first I’m even hearing this.

              • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
                11·
                1 month ago

                I get so frustrated at the poor messaging. Glen younkin stood on stage against mcauffee and straight up lied about crt in school, and no body called him out in it.

              • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
                58·
                1 month ago

                Blaming the campaign for your ignorance 👍 You have the right to continue educating yourself once you’re out of school.

                • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  94·
                  1 month ago

                  Lol, this has to be the most naive and hilarious bs I’ve seen in a while. Harris did nothing wrong. No notes. It’s 100% the people that are wrong. Keep living that fantasy while the rest of us try to autopsy this corpse of a campaign and see what the cause of death is.

        • kreskin@lemmy.world
          12·
          1 month ago

          Holy fuck you guys are so self centered.

          You’re awfully preachy defending a campaign message that was such an abject failure.

        • rishado@lemmy.world
          24·
          1 month ago

          Do you really expect everyone to vote in the name of altruism? How naive can you be?

    • aquafunkalisticbootywhap@lemmy.sdf.org
      8·
      1 month ago

      after she refused to pledge that she wouldn’t break a national railway strike

      JUST LIE my god youll already be in office and can make up some nonsense why you had to break the strike (Im not antiunion, Im just saying)

      JUST FUCKING LIE or were all the existential threats you wouldnt shut the fuck up about (instead of actually having a platform) not worth doing whatever you needed to get into power!?

      … sigh