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In reply to the discussion: Anybody who says there is no difference between the two parties is an absolute idiot. [View all]still_one
(92,138 posts)of that ever since, by those who fell for that refrain.
This time the damage that will be done in the next four years could be unrecoverable
Noam Chomsky said it best:
'Progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a bad mistake
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"Chomsky also attacked the arguments made by philosopher Slavoj Zizek, who argued that Trumps election would at least shake up the system and provide a real rallying point for the left.
[Zizek makes a] terrible point, Chomsky told Hasan. It was the same point that people like him said about Hitler in the early 30s
hell shake up the system in bad ways.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/noam-chomsky-progressives-who-refused-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton-made-a-bad-mistake/
Hillary lost Michigan by .3%. Jill Stein received 1.1% of the vote there. Similar results in Wisconsin, and other swing states. Yes, those who voted third party could have made a difference.
What made this the perfect storm was that every Democrat running for Senate in a swing state lost to the establishment, incumbent, republican. Those self-identified progressives who refused to vote could have made the difference.