• TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      What we need to do is get rid of FPTP, because so long as that’s how the system works breaking away will only guarantee that the fascists win permanently.

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          I think the sad fact is many people in the US are okay with financing genocide as long as they don’t have to hear Trump’s name or suffer any consequences personally. As long as some kind of right wing boogeymany exists, you can convince most democratic voters that genocide is permissable enough to not disqualify a candidate.

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          Do you prefer

          1. Genocide, drone strikes, mass deportations, legal abortion, Supreme Court judges who aren’t having massive ethics scandals, regulations, etc

          or

          1. Genocide, drone strikes, mass deportation, abortion bans, Supreme Court judges with giant ethics scandals, deregulation, tax cuts for billionaires, etc?

          Both parties are similarly shitty on some things, but are pretty different on other issues. Are you really indifferent to all the issues they differ on?

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            When faced with two options that are both genocide why buy into a false dicthomy, also need I remind you abortion became a states right issue (something biden could have prevented) under bidens presidency?

            The stupidest move is to play.

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            You’re oversimplifying.

            Under Trump, Democrats would oppose genocide. I guarantee if Trump was president the Democrats would be fighting against him.

            Under Biden, even Bernie is falling in line. It’s disgusting.

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      They’re there to sheepdog the voters into believing progressive candidates a valued part of the democratic party despite the fact that more than most of the good things progressives have accomplished are entirely outside of the chambers of congress. The democrats refuse to work with progressives unless they are forced too, like that time the progressives asked Pelosi to consider stock trading bans and she denied them until it was clear that was horrible PR, then decided to come around to vocally supporting it later, once the political will to pass the bill was dying down. Progressives are there for show.

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              I think he endorsed a ceasefire but then immediately expressed he didn’t think Hamas would respect a ceasefire.

              So one step forward, one step back. Not much better. Not great. But I dont expect the over 70 crowd to navigate these waters very well.

              Fetterman is the far more disappointing Senator on this topic.

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                I’m willing to bet that he’d navigate these waters just fine if Trump was president.

                That’s what Trump does. He sharpens the contradictions and makes it obvious to everyone. Biden does everything possible to muddy the waters and make the issue seem more complicated than it actually is, but Trump never bothers masking his intentions like that.

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                  Maybe so. Though the reality isn’t that Trump is president.

                  And I am not sure anyone knows for sure how a 2nd term Trump would be acting right now. I mean hell, Trump kind of criticized Israel and said Hezbollah was making a smart move recently, so hey, wild card factor would be without much masking.

                  Not sure I’d have much expection for the geriatric leaders regardless of president, still.

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      They already did. Though they absolutely 100% need to stop voting for that dogshit party as well.

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        Ah yes, insurrectionist part II electric boogaloo.

        The choices on the table are dogshit or arsonic, but if you don’t choose you’re still going to have to eat one of them.

        In order to avoid eating either, we should probably focus on getting the one off the table that will fucking kill you.

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          Just don’t eat either of them? It’s not hard. You simply go eat something else and ridicule people who are eating the dogshit.

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              That would be cool. But no I’m just not going to eat dog shit. Millions of other foods, and hundreds of other candidates, I don’t get any bonus points by voting for the winner. It’s literally the least you can do.

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                Biden is the president whether or not you individually voted for him. You’re figuratively eating dogshit right now. Be glad it isn’t arsonic.