r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/OceanBlue20 • 17d ago

Teamsters didn't endorse Kamala Harris for not committing to keep Lina Khan as FTC Chair. Trump just announced that he is firing her for a pro-business stooge. Play stupid games win stupid prices. Trump

https://x.com/trump_repost/status/1866618936378396977

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Can’t wait to watch every single one of these unions get fucked over by Trump. They had a chance and chose the wrong guy. Too bad they couldn’t have collective brain power, only collective bargaining. But I guess that’s what happens when they rub their two brain cells together.

Leopards be hungry this time of year

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u/CommanderSincler 17d ago

Let's not forget Sinema and Manchin blocking Biden's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, which would have given the Dems a majority until 2026. Now there will two more vacancies for Trump to fill

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u/vthemechanicv 16d ago

vacancies? pfft NLRB sounds like something that needs to be eradicated. -Musk probably.

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u/yolo_swag_for_satan 16d ago

When unions lose, we all lose.*

* Police unions excluded

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u/halfar 17d ago

is this what moderate democrats are turning into

the party of "burn it all down so i can say i told you so!!"

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u/im_THIS_guy 17d ago

More like "burn it all down so that people realize that Republicans are bad for the country". But if 1 million COVID deaths didn't teach them, nothing will.

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

Yep.

Which other tactic worked?

Facts don't.

So it appears these chuds just need to FEEL the consequences of their actions.

I hope they have a huge savings account.

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u/halfar 16d ago

Have you tried listening to the sounds of voices other than your own?

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

No response?

That's what I figured.

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u/halfar 16d ago

You asked what other tactics work. I answered that question. But I guess you not hearing the sound of my voice is kind of an answer to my question in its own way.

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

You answered with a smug insult.

And now you want to pretend you have some kind of moral high ground?

GTFO.

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u/halfar 16d ago

The moral high ground was a given since you said a simple "Yep" to "You want everything to burn for bragging rights?" Can't really argue that one. Don't want people to suffer, never wanted people to suffer, never gonna abandon my values of not wanting people to suffer; it's my most basic principle as a leftist.

And it was a sincere answer to someone who's probably given than their fair share of invectives and "Blue No Matter Who"s to folk like me. Democrats have always been the party of calling everyone who thinks and votes incorrectly morons, finding excuses, and refusing, no matter how badly they lose, to do the barest amount of genuine introspection.

If you sincerely want to try and understand why it all went wrong, I'm happy to tell you my thoughts. You won't like hearing that, I'm sure, but you'll tough it out if you actually want solutions more than you want to act like a Republican. Hope I'm wrong.

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

If you are going to use quotes, fucking quote it.

"burn it all down so i can say i told you so!!"

Yes, as I do not see a way forward.

Don't want people to suffer, never wanted people to suffer, never gonn...

Being naive is not the flex you think it is.

That's how you get Nazis.

If you sincerely want to try and understand why it

Nope. I don't give a fuck.

Pain is apparently needed at this point.

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u/halfar 16d ago

is this what moderate democrats are turning into

the party of "burn it all down so i can say i told you so!!"

Yep.

here's yer quote, since i guess you got confused.

Being naive is not the flex you think it is.

That's how you get Nazis.

Funny, Republicans are always telling me the literally exactly the same thing. It's naive to be compassionate for the poor, it's naive to assume illegal immigrants are just people trying to get by, it's naive to assume diversity is a good thing, it's naive to assume we can have politicians who earnestly represent our interests... You really do have a lot more in common with them than you realize.

Nope. I don't give a fuck.

Pain is apparently needed at this point.

Are you certain you aren't a Republican? I'm honestly on the fence between assuming you're sincere and assuming you're falseflagging. If you just want to flail your arms and be angry and belligerent and hurt people and cover your ears when people wanna talk about solutions, what other word could I possibly use to describe that if not Republican?

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u/YoureADudeThisIsAMan 16d ago

I’m ready for my downvotes on this.

Yes, sorta. Many moderate dems are social liberals and fiscal conservatives. We are educated. We have assets. Many also have become more progressive in support especially in the face of a conservative resurgence.

And all that said, we won’t fight for people who won’t bother to fight for themselves. Unfortunately that also means a lot of good people will be affected and need to step up even more.

We all thought social issues like women’s rights, abortion access, affordable healthcare, right to marry, and all that was important enough to support. Many of those are issues that may or may not really affect moderates with resources. I can fly my family to Canada for an abortion if needed. I have money to last for years if I’m unemployed. I’m fine. And when there aren’t enough other people who are willing to step up, it’s damn hard to want to continue the fight for others who won’t fight for themselves.

I’m tired. Fuck these morons that vote against their own interests. There were enough of them that Kamala lost.

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u/halfar 16d ago

If you value your grievances that much, you should have voted for Trump. You have the same mindset of wanting to take a sledgehammer to everything.

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u/Nixon4Prez 17d ago

I swear the people on this sub are more excited for Trump's agenda than his actual voters are.

Pathetic that they don't actually care about the enormous amount of harm it'll cause the country as long as some Trump voters are caught up in the damage

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u/Giblette101 17d ago

I mean, the country sort of harmed itself in that case. People voted for this and/or stayed home for whatever insane reason.

What do you expect me to do about it? Take that win away from them?

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u/Nixon4Prez 16d ago

Harris won union voters by 16 points but this whole sub is gleefully cheering for unions to be dismantled and worker protections stripped away because a minority of them voted for Trump.

It's absolutely bizarre.

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u/Giblette101 16d ago

I'll readily admit that people can be sorta vindictive, but you should also keep in mind what sub you are in.

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u/halfar 16d ago

Pathetic that they don't actually care about the enormous amount of harm it'll cause the country as long as some Trump voters are caught up in the damage

They have the exact same value and mindset as Republicans.

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u/10IqCleric 16d ago

Libs show their true colors every time they lose lol

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u/RaiseNo9690 17d ago

Hopefully by 2028, there would be no more unions.

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u/SlappySecondz 17d ago

Why do you hate the working class?

You know guys in union shops often make 10-20k+ more a year than a guy in a non-union shop doing the same job?

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u/RaiseNo9690 17d ago

It isnt me who hates them. The workers themselves hate the union to the point that they vote for the billionaires to dismantle the unions for them. I am only hoping that their wishes come true.

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u/AmericanVanguardist 17d ago

Maybe then they will realize but probably not.

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u/SlappySecondz 17d ago edited 16d ago

Ahh, gotcha, definitely didn't read it that way. That said, they certainly didn't all vote for it. Ideally only those who did would be punished.

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

Ideally only those who did would be punished.

Nope.

That's not how democracy works.

Hopefully they ALL feel the pain.

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u/SlappySecondz 16d ago

Why would you want those who didn't vote for this bullshit to suffer with those who did?

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

What do you mean "why"?

This is democracy, we voted for it.

Democracy is NOT a spectator sport.

If your neighbor just voted to fuck everyone over, you should know who caused your suffering.

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u/SlappySecondz 16d ago

I understand how it works, dude. What I want to know is why you hope that union members who didn't vote for Trump suffer the same as those who did. Obviously there's no mechanism that would allow for those who didn't vote for this shit to avoid the consequences brought about by those who did, by why would you hope for them all to suffer equally?

And how does knowing who is responsible (aka who voted for who) factor into this? Nobody was talking about that.

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u/acolyte357 16d ago

If you didn't vote you are just as guilty as those that did.

It's your basic civic duty to educate yourself like an adult and vote.

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u/PM_me_your_trialcode 17d ago edited 17d ago

I mean, you’re not wrong. They don’t want unions, let them not have unions.

Unions were always a half measure benefiting the owning class, allowing them to:

-Slow proletarian organization through appeasement

-While maintaining private control

-And dodging personal responsibility/vengeance

-Only losing a fraction of profit (unpaid worker wages)