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5. When you look too deeply into the abyss...

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 03:55 PM

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the abyss looks deeply into you.

Nietzsche?

If we have to become them to defeat them, how are we better?

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How do we figure out how to do what they do, because it's why they win. [View all] Arthur_Frain Saturday OP

They are angry, disciplined, and stuck on themselves. bucolic_frolic Saturday #1

Yeah Arthur_Frain Saturday #9

So many parts of the Democratic base ITAL Saturday #2

Me too Arthur_Frain Saturday #10

The voting public vs everyone in the US Arthur_Frain Saturday #11

It is more about entertainment PatSeg Saturday #17

They play to the old, reactive brain. And vice versa. Here: usonian Saturday #4

I'm not sure we as a nation are smart enough to follow Hungary's lead. Arthur_Frain Saturday #12

24 by 7 by 365 brainwashing for years on end. usonian Saturday #22

Against what I see to be the odds Arthur_Frain Saturday #24

When you look too deeply into the abyss... Wounded Bear Saturday #5

I wasn't suggesting walling in the mud with pigs. Arthur_Frain Saturday #13

It's sad really, but this happens in virtually every election: Janbdwl72 Saturday #6

You bring up a tangential point Arthur_Frain Saturday #14

I think a much bigger problem is the media PatSeg Saturday #19

A large part of their winning strategy is the fact that they have an City Lights Saturday #7

Even my mom parrots the right wing bullshit. Arthur_Frain Saturday #15

Wow! I don't know how these people will ever be able to be City Lights 22 hrs ago #28

I forget the specific event I "trolled" her with Arthur_Frain 20 hrs ago #30

It's really sad and frightening. City Lights 19 hrs ago #31

They weren't stupid Arthur_Frain Saturday #16

"Everybody does it" PatSeg Saturday #20

+ struggle4progress Saturday #23

My theory? Goes something like this: B.See Saturday #21

You have to want to win. Irish_Dem Saturday #26

They tell you how and what to think GenThePerservering Saturday #27

Maybe look at the races where Democrats do win? WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago #29

If There Were More Of Them Than Us... ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #32