• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Add that all major NY media outlets, including NYT and the New York Compost ran a coordinated 24/7 fraudulent “crime is out of control and only a cop can save us” campaign during the primaries even though crime had been going down for several years and it’s almost a foregone conclusion in a city so oversaturated with billionaire-owned media…

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, I hate how people act like primaries are fair, money in politics aren’t an issue, and the party doesn’t play favorites.

      The main thing the party does is gather donations, the more someone bundles, the higher position in the party they get. So the people at the top are always going to favor candidates that also bring in the most money.

      Rather than focus on getting Dems in office, they just chase donations.

      The party won’t fix itself, and voters are running out of time to have any influence in who makes it to the general