The deeper they dig into federal and state election results, some Democrats are coming to a harsh, humbling conclusion: America rejected soft liberalism.

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    Expected “soft liberalism” to mean neoliberalism or watered-down liberalism, but apparently it refers to wokism. “Top democrats“ blaming defund the police, DEI, and soft border policies.

    I guess the message is that Trump won on racism, so we should have been more racist.

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      Which is bullshit because what most people actually hate is neoliberalism.

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        The media is in overdrive performing a neoliberal whitewash — trying to frame “the left” as the reason for center-right neoliberalisms failure — so they can to serve the fascist status quo and push the Overton window to the right.

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          Unfortunately, it isn’t just the media, look through this article and you can see a bunch of Democratic lawmakers and campaign consultants pushing this narrative. These are all people we need to get out of elected offices and off campaign staffs or they’re going to continue to sabotage the Democratic party’s ability to win offices and govern effectively.

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      I mean thats what makes sense. In any competition you lose to another you look at what the other is doing and try to be more like them or go beyond. Its common sense.

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        This isn’t track and field. When fascists win elections, it’s actually not “common sense” to imitate them. It’s just more fascism.

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          when facism is elected it means the majority wanted it. There is a difference between jack booted thugs telling people to not vote and folks just not voting.