• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    If that quiet old man hadn’t decided to try to cling to power despite no longer being fit to hold the office, we might not even be in this predicament.

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      5 days ago

      You’re missing a little genocide factor and a shitloads of unkept promises here

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        5 days ago

        Yeah, the “leftifts” that didn’t show up for those “reasons” are as bad as the magatards and bear the same responsibility. As a leftist myself (not in US though) I curse the absurdism of leftist politicians and electors and their puritanical behavior that can’t seem to do real politics.

        • lemmingthelemmers@lemmy.world
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          4 days ago

          All of those words to say “I don’t actually believe in anything and I have no clue of what I am talking about.”

          Very impressive.

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            4 days ago

            I believe in pragmatism and not letting fascist take over for free.

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              4 days ago

              The democrats are the ultimate enablers and coconspirators of fascism. The republicans just carry the baton past the finish line. Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0.

              Look at what the democrats are doing right now. It’s the same thing they did for four years when they could have made a difference.

              As usual, they are doing nothing meaningful. They are comfortable while the constitution implodes.

        • Bloomcole@lemm.ee
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          5 days ago

          You want them to keep voting for the lesser evil until eternity with both evils moving further to the right every election, got it?
          Nothing absurd there.

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            5 days ago

            Both parties keep moving to the right becuase voters keep rewarding right by wing behaviour. You get the politicians you vote for

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            5 days ago

            Harm reduction is better than nothing. Yes, I fucking do, then I want them to vote for better people on a local level as they have the option to do. First reduce risk of further harm. Then treat the wound.

            It’s crazy that you would rather have a dictatorship than a centralist .

            • balssh@lemm.ee
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              5 days ago

              Yeah, like you vote the mediocre and not fascist candidate and you can still protest. But if you vote (or don’t participate) the fascist one then you’ll not be able to protest and suddenly the genocide might be coming home.

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      5 days ago

      I’m not sure it would have helped. 2 Democrats haven’t been elected into office back to back since before the Civil War.