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[–] krzschlss 30 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s most upvoted posts on Reddit and Lemmy teaching us how the other clowns from the rival circus are still worse. While condemning the killings of children in Gaza with those weapons sold today.

It’s impossible there was ever a society this manipulated and stupid.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Don't they have a point though? Your system is broken and the lesser of two evils is all you ever get to pick.

[–] Cosmonauticus 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but when you point that out you're called a idiot for unintentionally backing Trump. Any criticism of the system or Biden no matter how deserved somehow is support for Trump

[–] homesweethomeMrL 0 points 1 month ago

The package can be blocked by Congress if a majority in both chambers object.

Now we get to find out how many of our excitingly new progressives know who their representatives are. Or even if they have representatives. If they do, can they work out the seekrit next steps? Only time will tell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The thing about the lesser of two evils is you actually have to be less evil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Trump is easily more evil, he wants to accelerate the genocide. But even if you consider their position on Gaza as identical, he's so much worse in all the other ways; he wants to give massive tax cuts to billionaires, criminalize trans people, and pass a national abortion ban. We cannot let that happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Next to genocide, those are rounding errors

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, it's actually not true. First-past-the-post voting mathematically tends to result in 2 dominant parties, but there's no mathematical rule that determines which 2 parties. The first two in American history were the Federalist Party, and the Democratic Republican Party. The duopoly has changed several times over the years, and it could change again if we wanted it. Democratic voters have affirmatively made the choice that supporting genocide is better (read: easier) than trying to shake things up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You will change the Democrat-Republican duopoly as soon as you convince everyone to stop participating in consumerism (beyond one's basic needs).

Which is to say: never.

The last time neither a Republican nor a Democrat was President was more than a century ago. Good luck changing the people's habits as well as the monumental support structures both parties have erected to prevent any third party from gaining traction, ranging from super PACs to literally the entire American news network, including social media.

[–] PriorityMotif 2 points 1 month ago

There's a large number of Jewish people who are Democrats and politicians are more worried about points than doing the right thing.

[–] kaffiene 8 points 1 month ago

FFS. Biden is a complete cunt. Trump GOP is still worse

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

We can do it. We can make him dumber than he was. Dumber, weaker, slower.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wait, you mean to tell me that a bunch of twenty-somethings have figured it all out and everyone else is entirely wrong about everything? Where have this happening before????

Oh yeah… that’s right. Every election cycle.

Nuance is for people who don’t want to be constantly outraged by everything that ever happens.