This hits hard.
@georgetakei Not really. I know many leftists who voted Trump purposefully to punish the Liberals because of the Israeli genocide, that they happily supported.
The word "leftist" or "progressivist" and the word "liberal" are different and can go against each other.
Liberalism encourages colonialism and invasion of other people's nations for profit, progressivism does not. So, leftist voters had two options, either vote third party or punish the liberals on the hopes they'll do better next time.

@Civil_lights

if you really know people who call themselves "leftist" but also voted for Trump, slap them for me.

People who know better but still do the wrong thing are far worse than dupes. And the people being "punished" aren't the Dems or the liberals.

The democratic party won't register it as a protest vote, it'll just be another excuse to run to the "middle" for them.

At best it's acceleration, at worst, active sabotage.

@bmalsuj Also, Trump, accidentally has done way more for the cause than the Dems ever did, by listening to Saudi money and ditching Nittanyahu for the deals. So, they feel way more validated than the evil 'lesser-evilers' fucks would like them to be.
They did not expect that, but that is way more yield than they expected for their decision.

As for me, seeing the US falling in doom and chaos, destroying itself on the inside could not have put a wider smile on my face. I'm just chilling here.

@Civil_lights

Ahh... so an accelerationist.

I don't like to both sides things, generally, but you and the far right accellerationists have far more in common than you'd care to admit.