anybody on the left withholding their vote at this point fundamentally disbelieves in a system with exactly two discrete options, so this type of post doesn't persuade anybody
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I mean...yeah...but also fuck the democrats. We shouldn't be stuck in this position of genocide and fascism there and here or "just" genocide and fascism there. There are certainly degrees of being a piece of shit, but at this point, we are splitting hairs.
or as the great prophet George Carlin, may peace be upon him, said "Garbage in, Garbage out"
anyone still participating in this broken system believes genocide is an acceptable choice. The only responsible choice is to burn it all to the ground and start again.
Nice of you to sacrifice all the lives that it will cost to "burn it all down". The corpses of everyone who isn't a straight white male will thank you
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People who refuse to participate in the democratic process and then complain that it doesn't work for them are hilarious.
“After Hitler, Our Turn”
Sweet plan, where do we meet up for the "burn it to the ground" option?
And while we are planning, do you think you could consider voting for Kamala, you know, so more of our potential comrades aren't locked up? Best to shore up our numbers right? Sic semper tyrannis!
I doubt that's happening, disparate groups acting in an unconcerted manner aren't likely to achieve much. They already kill us sleeping in our beds.
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"splitting hairs" could mean the difference between up to a couple million people dying, and potentially tens of millions of people or more dying. That's not splitting hairs at that point. That's not "po-tay-toe/po-tah-toe" anymore. Anyone arguing otherwise is either brainwashed or is arguing in bad faith.
Imagine thinking that there's no difference between one genocide and several, simultaneous genocides.
Bad faith? It is bad faith to find any genocide "acceptable," while simultaneously becoming angry at anyone pointing out that genocide is unacceptable. Seriously, what the actual fuck? This is white liberalism in its most concentrated lethal form. Ironically, it'll eventually lead to the genocides you don't find acceptable. If it wasn't for this shit mentality, we wouldn't be here.
So, what's your plan for the election? Not voting, sitting in a corner yelling "it's unacceptable!!!"?
Or voting the lesser of two evils and working to better the system?
The democratic parties of 1920s Germany also were full of racists, antisemites and union busters, but not voting or worse voting for the NSDAP only achieved one thing - the Nazis power grab.
So what's your plan?
Why are all of you so fucking illiterate? I am voting for Harris. I'm angry my choice is ANY genocide at all.
Boost for lemmy doesn't show profile pics and usernames all look the same so I might have overlooked where you said that. Also your comment I replied to reads like that wasn't the case. I apologize for the mix up, but still feel your hostility is unwarranted and will now disengage.
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Damn, you've been showing off a lot of privilege, my dude. I don't usually like invoking that concept, but you're dripping all over the floor. Maybe it's time for you to stop and think about the fact that it easy to paint everyone with a broad brush and say, "it's okay if the body count goes up by a few million, I'll just wait until a better candidate comes along" when you're not the one on the firing line.
It's easy to say that when you're not the one who may get bounced from country to country as you try to seek refuge from a genocidal dictator.
It's easy to say that when you're not the one who's going to have to rip their entire life apart just to survive.
It's easy to say that when you're not the one who's family is going to be split up as a result.
Like, feel free to criticize the Democrats as much as you want, I hate them too. But I don't have the privilege to just sit around and wait for Mr(s) Perfect to arrive. I may have a matter of months, if not weeks before I have to flee the country.
So fuck you and your "both sides" bullshit. It takes some serious privilege, or at the very least, the mindset of a bucket of crabs to say something like that.
I’m trans and so fucking sick of people here using my existence as an excuse to support/ignore genocide. My rights are not more important than those of Palestinians and anyone saying that they support me while killing brown muslim people abroad will not get my support. The interesting part is that Harris won’t even plainly say she supports trans peoples rights, she has to dance around it and say it in the most vague meaningless terms. You know that trans people are the next in line to be thrown in front of the bus by the dems.
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I stopped reading that screed after you accused me of privilege. Again, another lemmy illiterate. I am voting for Harris. I'm angry at those with privilege who've made this the only choice I have.
Yeah? But all you said was "fuck the democrats". There are enough people on here who say "fuck the democrats" but mean "vote for someone else" that you can't leave that ambiguity.
I don’t think “kill fewer people” is splitting hairs. I think it’s gross to leverage Palestine for political points but only against Democrats.
I think it is fucking reprehensible that the only two parties we have to choose from both support genocide. It doesn't matter if they support "less genocide." Supporting genocide makes them a piece of shit, regardless of how much genocide it is. You just find it better because it doesn't affect you. The fact that I am being made complicit by the realities of the situation I've been forced into by the majority in my country (read: white colonizers) really pisses me off.
A no-vote or third party vote didn't help in the past dozens of elections. This problem is much deeper than who holds office, and what gets me is how it's been politicized even though neither side has discussed it. It's likely that Gaza has been used as a crisis tool to once again pit peon against peon while the ones in control laugh. And I'm not talking about the politicians, they are part of the tool, that's why they aren't talking about it.
Keep thinking a vote means this, and a non-vote means that. We're doing exactly what they want us to do, bicker with each other instead of looking.
Bruh, why can't any of you read. Goddamn.
It doesn't matter if they support "less genocide."
It absolutely matters. In a binary choice, if you don't support the side that supports less genocide, then you tacitly support some genocide.
Another illiterate. I'm voting for Harris, I'm just angry at the assholes who forced this choice.
There are people beyond just you that still need to hear this, apparently.
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