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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to [email protected]English • 1 year ago

Principled Opposition

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Principled Opposition

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to [email protected]English • 1 year ago
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  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    Which one is the slightly crazy one, would that be the one that’s conducting a literal genocide right now?

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      7•1 year ago

      First of all, define “conducting”, second of all, you cannot seriously tell me you believe that Trump, if elected, will stop funneling arms to Gaza

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        Conducting as in actively engaged in supplying Israel with weapons used to commit the genocide, running political cover for Israel at the UN by doing vetoes of ceasefire resolutions, and attacking Yemen for interdicting shipping with Israel. I imagine that Trump will continue largely the same policies, but that just shows that both parties are genocidal fascists.

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          If it’s all the same to you, then, I’ll vote for the candidate that isn’t saying he wants to bring the fascism to our side of the pond. I’m not remotely condoning the genocide in Israel, dgmw, but given the choice between mass death over there, and mass death over there and mass deportations and anti-human rights laws back home, I’ll go with the first option.

          I hate Joe Biden as much as the next leftist, and I am sincerely begging everyone reading this to vote for someone else in the Democratic primary, but if it comes down to Biden or Trump, please, please tell me that you will vote for Biden instead of staying home

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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            Vote for whatever flavor of fascism that you feel fits you best. I’m not stopping you. Meanwhile, I’m not an American and I’m just watching your shithole country tear itself apart from the outside.

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              -2•1 year ago

              I’m not sure there’s anything I can do in this situation that would cause you not to call me a fascist. If that’s your position, find a different position.

              • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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                If you think that voting for one fascist over the other makes you a good person then maybe take a bit time to think about your morals. Unlike you, I don’t need to do mental gymnastics to justify supporting fascists.

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                  You’re right. Instead of voting for either candidate I should just… what? Move to whatever country you live in? Worse, stay home and stick it to both candidates by showing them I’d be okay with either one?

                  There are some really stupid liberal takes out there, but “voting for either one makes you complicit in fascism” is by far the stupidest.

                  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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                    Maybe what you should do is consider how your country got where it is today. People like you voted for Biden last election, what has that achieved? Trump is more popular than ever, and Biden is conducting a genocide, while being involved in wars around the globe. If you think voting for Biden again is going to change the trajectory of things then I got a bridge to sell you. You have a fascist state, and both parties represent the ruling class that makes decisions. That’s what it means to live in a fascist state, it’s not a democracy. Your voting does not matter, it’s just a circus to make the feeble minded feel like they have participation. Don’t take it from me though, here’s what a study analyzing decades of US policy under both parties has to say:

                    What do our findings say about democracy in America? They certainly constitute troubling news for advocates of “populistic” democracy, who want governments to respond primarily or exclusively to the policy preferences of their citizens. In the United States, our findings indicate, the majority does not rule—at least not in the causal sense of actually determining policy outcomes. When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the U.S. political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it.

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