• ultranaut@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Ending genocide isn’t on the ballot this year, Trump is. Your choices are between probably more genocide if you don’t vote for Biden and possibly less genocide if you do vote for Biden. It’s really that simple.

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      10 months ago

      Ending genocide isn’t on the ballot this year, Trump is.

      Then fuck Joe Biden, fuck the Democrats, fuck this country and fuck this “Democracy”. You all can try to win the general on your own.

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        10 months ago

        Then fuck Joe Biden, fuck the Democrats, fuck this country and fuck this “Democracy”.

        This is the perfect encapsulation of the “I’m not voting for an imperfect candidate” mindset. You’re ready to burn the house down, as if you weren’t in it too. (To be clear, “the house” in this metaphor is not just the US - fascist contagion will affect the entire world, just as Trump’s last presidency legitimized ultra-right politics in many countries.)

        Also, if you reflected a bit, you’d see that that reaction is reasoning from a privileged position assuming that democracy continues to exist whatever your actions. It’s also focusing entirely on one specific foreseeable result (not voting for Biden = less genocide from Biden) while ignoring an entire landscape of probable outcomes (Trump becomes dictator, ends free elections, commits even more genocide against both Americans and countries he feuds with, Israel sees Trump’s chaos and realizes nobody has attention to spare and increases its genocide, etc).

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          10 months ago

          We were perfectly clear in 2016 what was happening. People chose to vote for Biden in the 2020 primaries anyway. They deserve some portion of your anger.

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          10 months ago

          Nope. I’m going to blame every shithead who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries. Fuck those people. Fuck every single one of them.

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      10 months ago

      Ending genocide isn’t on the ballot this year,

      It would be if you cowards had the guts to tell Biden that he will lose if he continues to support genocide.

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          That is how it works! Politicians change their policies based on what their supporters demand of them.

          What do you think politics is? Do you think we’re helpless to the whims of politicians between election cycles?

          You just want to absolve yourself of guilt for actively supporting genocide.

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        10 months ago

        The few people on the Internet that read this or feel like you. Grow up. You’re not changing anything. You’re electing Trump. I’ve heard this bullshit for over 20 years and it’s been a slippery fucking slope.

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          The few people on the Internet that read this or feel like you.

          Sounds like you don’t need our votes then. Go win the 2024 general election all on your own.

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          Biden is electing Trump by alienating his base. 80% of Democrats want a ceasefire! What the fuck?!

          Your cynicism is noted, but change is possible if you aren’t too much of a coward to try.