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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 53 points 1 month ago (21 children)

Bullshit. I voted against my conscience because I knew orange would harm people I love. It wasn’t enough.

Dems didn’t offer anything compelling because they are a failed party that can only drive votes with threats of even worse. It’s pretty easy to not fund a genocide and lie and say it isn’t happening when it clearly is. Dems can blame only themselves for poor turnout.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago (6 children)

yeah when the choice is between horrible and double super extra horrible, it’s hard to get really motivated to vote for horrible….

it’s pretty much the genocide version of the trolly problem. palestine genocide is on one track, on the other track, there’s the palestinian genocide, trans genocide, hispanic genocide, and entire planet ecocide…

the choice is obvious but not particularly inspiring… at least under harris there was some hope of lobbying her to stop… protest at the whitehouse now and trump will try to have you shot… hopefully they refuse next time.

[–] dukeofdummies 9 points 1 month ago

... you know that's really an apt comparison. Never thought about it that way but really it's like a trolley problem except it is their job to shout for people to come up and pull the lever.

It's no surprise they had trouble finding volunteers.

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