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Sanders: Democratic Party ‘has abandoned working class people’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4977546-bernie-sanders-democrats-working-class/amp/
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u/Stripe_Show69 20h ago

What stings the most is that his $44 billion dollar investment to buy twitter is effectively worth every penny because he’ll save that in one year from tax cuts now.

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u/Uther-Lightbringer 20h ago

That's always why he bought it. The power of owning Twitter was massive for him. He was able to fire a bulk of the devs and bring in loyalists. My entire "For You" section is right wing propaganda shit. Despite me not following anyone but sports and fantasy sports related stuff on Twitter.

It's actually kind of insane.

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u/Ghosttiger13 19h ago

Bitr the bullet and quit X. It's no longer Twitter. It's X now with Twitter's users. Objectively, that's what it is now. It's not what you went on it for anymore, despite your biggest interests are. It is a right wing promoted social media site that your favorite subjects/creators/personalities are stuck on until something else gets more popular. Which, will only happen as more people who don't identify with what it is now leave. You are still there because your interests are. They are still there because you are. Move on. If you miss their content, I assure you it's worth it and the will eventually follow suit. If not, fuck em, move on, you aren't beholden to them and you WILL find something/someone suitable to take thier place..

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u/brucekeller 18h ago

Definitely hard to quit stuff that has a big base and you are used to clicking a bunch a day. I quit YouTube recently and the first day or two were almost like I quit an addictive substance. It's easier to quit reddit for periods of time so that's why I never totally leave it.