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“i love Reveal and usually think their episodes are incredible. i’m giving 4 stars because i thought it was very strange (and didn’t seem up to the normal level of detailed analysis that i love about the show) that none of the post-election conversation mentioned any of the factors that i thought were extremely influential in kamala and the democrats’ loss — namely, the refusal to denounce genocide and change course on the US’s funding of it (as the polling showed in swing states for months that huge percentages of voters supported an arms embargo and would be more likely to support her if she implemented one), and basically trying to cater to and capture the votes of centrists and republicans by running on platforms of policing, the “most lethal military in the world”, and immigration/border wall that were more of a republican platform... along those same lines, the dnc never allowed for a democratic primary, and forced a candidate onto the people that didn’t receive much support in her initial presidential run (with many concerned about her record as prosecutor in CA), so that was a baffling decision. with how important defunding the police and the genocide of gaza have shown to be for many progressive voters, i just wish those issues would have been addressed, analyzed, and discussed more thoughtfully, or at least mentioned at all. i definitely think racism and sexism played a part in the results (how could they not, ugh) but the substantive issues that matter to large swaths of the electorate - that were well known by the party for so long but were completely ignored in favor of an imperialist pro-war agenda - seemed to be a massive (and preventable) piece of the puzzle that was hugely overlooked. (for me it was reminiscent of the conversation in a previous episode about obama prematurely scolding/shaming black men for being ‘sexist’ for ‘not wanting’ kamala - rather than recognizing valid concerns of important constituencies and changing policy to match their demands, it felt like the party was ready to scapegoat folks for whom the gaza genocide is a red line)”
katelin16 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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