cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/12077419

From Atlanta Capital B News

A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]The post Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.

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  • hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    With the fucking price of housing and the general cost of living, I don’t know how you can even side with the GOP on this one, regardless of past party affiliation.

    Like, you actually want to vote for Blackrock to dominate your day-to-day lives?

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      It’s easy, look how brown this guy us and vote something else. These turds are way past making decisions based on platforms that might actually benefit them even when up against platforms that will clearly hurt them. The backbone (if you want to call it that) of the GOP is capitalizing on latent American racism.