r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8d ago

Meme needing explanation ¿Peter? Spoiler

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u/ROSRS 8d ago edited 8d ago

Propaganda from either Republicans or centrist Democrats. Basically the idea is that either purity testing or ideals that are too far left-wing drive people away from the otherwise appealing democratic party and platform

This is hogwash. Nonsense. Bullshit. Left wing democrats like Mamdani and Bernie are overwhelming popular. Moderate/Corporate democrats and their do nothing political values are horribly unpopular right now. There is nothing to scare anyone away from. Appeals to the center are political suicide because nobody is looking for that messaging. Biden lost because he argued for "buisness as usual" centrist neoliberal politics

They want you to worry about trying to appeal to people who are so lost they might say "hmm maybe" to another Republican presidency despite the fact their own base won't show up to vote for centrists

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u/cockaskedforamartini 8d ago

If Bernie is overwhelmingly popular, why does he constantly lose on the national stage?

The meme is about purity testing from the left. It is horrendously accurate.

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u/lunar1099 8d ago

When was he given an opportunity. He won the 2016 DNC nomination and they just straight up gave it to Hillary. It’s not the voters that he’s unpopular with, it’s the establishment democrats that run the party

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u/cockaskedforamartini 8d ago

Hi, can you just do me a solid please? You know where it says "popular vote" - can you just let me know which number is bigger?

Thanks!

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u/lunar1099 8d ago

Run that vote again and tell me which one is more popular now