From the "great post": https://lemmy.world/post/11141507
Warning: may cause brain damage.
"You're gonna get genocide either way, so you should just vote."
That's going to be the take this election season 100%. We all knew it would be.
"You're gonna get genocide either way, so you should just vote for the lesser genocide."
"99% Hitler is the only option"
- this message brought to you by a 99% Nazi who refuses to wear the red hat because it's uncouth
You’re truly ignorant on the matter it seems. You say we should make someone take better stances? That’s just dumb, if you don’t have a progressive candidate nothing you say as a constituent matters. As someone who has written, emailed, met in person their representative I have not once felt I was heard. Letters and emails were responded to with generic responses, in person I either got to ask a question which got a non answer or brushed off completely.
Granted, I live in red state so what I have to say matters less and is more dangerous to be let known publicly. There’s not much a lot of us can do to have our voices heard, short of a revolt. But I’m just going to keep doing what little I can in hopes that maybe we can keep chipping at the corruption. I’m going to keep campaigning and voting for representatives I believe try to actually help everyone, not just their chosen few.
Both Biden and Trump suck, but you better believe I’m voting for the lesser of two evils.
The hell are you even supposed to do with something like this? "Yeah I have mountains of evidence that my participation in the system accomplishes nothing but I'm still going to go through the motions!"
Obviously all western "democracies" are dogshit, but this sort of thing is really unique to the US.
My point that USAmericans are the most cucked people on the planet stands.
At least in most other Western countries you can vote third party and not feel too bad, and occasionally they can extract concessions
The hell are you even supposed to do with something like this? “Yeah I have mountains of evidence that my participation in the system accomplishes nothing but I’m still going to go through the motions!”
It's basically prayer. Civil religion in action.
If the answer is evil or evil at what point do they have to plainly admit that the US is evil? I'm sick of this half baked bullshit
Apparently I am a single issue voter for criticizing Biden for doing a literal unthinkable evil of a murder of an entire population. He could just not do genocide and he wouldn't be criticized for it yet he continues to do so! I can not stand these people they're not worth responding to.
You see he's been pulling at his shirt collar a little bit and said that maybe carpet bombing could be bad in some situations. Yes they're still sending Israel bombs as soon as they come off the factory floor but he's now acting contrite about it.
I'd rather Trump win, cause apparently liberals will only oppose genocide under his admin
With Biden, 100,000 protest, with Trump maybe 1 million, because liberals will DEFINITELY do EVERYTHING in their power to oppose him, righhhht?
I wholly agree about voting for the lesser evil—that's why I'm writing in Claudia de la Cruz even though I disagree with the PSL's electoral strategy.
(cw: death) I saw a father carry the remains of his child in a plastic bag and these motherfuckers are rehashing the only argument they've ever had
I just had a Biden supporter argue, after I pointed out that there was ideological unity between both parties and candidates on this issue, that I shouldn't be a single issue voter and that I needed to be "pragmatic" and consider my own "self-interest" and man if that doesn't sum up how fucking morally bankrupt the vote shame police are at this point.
Sheer grotesque moral bankruptcy aside: I'm also low-key offended by the audacity to presume what my own "self-interest" even is.
The lesser of two evils is a meandering path to Hell. The scenic route, if you will.
