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Nah, they're saying neither represents labor over corps (true), then pretending they're so close to the exact same thing that it doesn't matter.
At least this one admits Dems do the bare minimum. They're in favor of burning it all down immediately and starting over.
Exactly. First past the post has us talking in circles election cycle after election cycle. It’s so frustrating to see people fall for it time and again. Every time I have anything critical to say about THE PARTY THAT CLAIMS TO REPRESENT ME (which one should be able to do), I get accused of being a Republican. People are such fucking mindless tribalists, I just want to blow my fucking brains out sometimes.
It's hard out here. The Dems are a trashcan fire. The Republicans are the Springfield tire fire. One is better, and could become actually good given time and proper incentive (your comment on FPTP is spot the fuck on). The other one should be shot into space before it causes anymore environmental damage.
Right now tensions are high because of the upcoming election, extreme polarization, one party doing its damnedest to erase ~7% of the population, and a bunch of concern-trolls (from every authoritarian direction) talking shit. So criticisms of the only party that there's a hope of salvaging have to be worded carefully because we don't all know each other or the intentions of the comments.
Don't take that as a criticism of you. That's just the way I see things right now.
Sending you a hug across the fediverse. Thanks for understanding where I’m coming from.