You couldn’t make this shit up.

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        At this point I think they’d run a republican before they ran anyone with an iota of progressive backbone.

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          most of the DNC are just DINOS, anyways. and rich dems are the same as the rich gop, they get the same donors, and t hey benefit from someone like trump in power.

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            I’m not American, but I wonder if it isn’t only a matter of “in name only” but that if the DNC only puts forward neoliberal candidates, maybe that’s who they actually are as an organization.

            Acknowledging that there are progressive members – probably many, but if the

            power structures of the org itself won’t ever allow them to run a candidate…

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        Hogg isn’t a Progressive, he’s just a dick riding opportunist.

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          How can one not be motivated to challenge the status quo and current administration? It’s not working.

          I don’t really know this guy or his politics too well, but I think it’s unfair to label him as an “opportunist”.

          Criticizing the Democratic Party for being complicit is seeming less like an accusation and more like fact.

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            He wants to replace the current group of old, complicit, corrupt neoliberals with young, maybe(?) less complicit and corrupt neoliberals. He does not want to replace them with progressives.

            Edit: based on my browser history, I believe I formed the impression reading something in a Lemmy thread about a month ago probably related to this article, but I can’t find it again so I’m just gonna say I must be wrong.

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              I guess every media outlet that I’ve looked at is reporting this wrong for saying he was backing young progressives. Even his website claims that. But I know Democrats love to tease at being progressives to appeal to voters, and then shift back to the right.

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                Hmm, maybe I’ve fallen for misinformation.

                Edit: I can’t find the thing that initially gave me the impression that David Hogg wasn’t progressive, so I’m removing the “maybe.”