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It's a fundamental flaw with the 2-party system. There are no good options, only a "lesser evil" option.
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Putin trolls are fueling dissent on both sides to create polarization in the West.
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I mean, she's right. Dems are supposed to represent the ideological opposite of Cons, both domestically and internationally.
Of course, US foreign policy has always been uni-party, so there was never a chance that the Dems were going to concede. Despairingly so.
I voted for Kamala, but she didn't everything in her power to destroy the momentum she got after Biden dropped out.
I voted for Kamala, but she didn’t everything in her power to destroy the momentum she got after Biden dropped out.
When she said she wouldn't do anything differently from Biden, she told everyone who was hoping for a departure from an already untenable status quo that it wasn't going to happen under Harris after all. None of what we were promised in 2020 was going to happen under Harris either, and the genocide support we got instead would continue unabated.
Centrists still can't imagine why this wasn't a winning message.
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If people are unhappy they vote for the party not in power. Social media is much better at making us all unhappy than happy. I don’t think we will see a 2 term president for a while.
By offering 2 truly ridiculously poor candidates as alternatives.
I remember arguing for days, in 2024, that the whole "Democrats are bad because Palestine" thing was clearly a psyop by Russian bots trying to mess with the election. I really need to improve my persuasion skills. Like by a lot.
Pretty sure Democrats doing nothing to stop the genocide in gaza was a factor to their detriment in the election, bots aside
Even knowing that Trump was going to actively help Bibi? That's the thing I didn't understand: sure, the Democrats were not doing much to stop the slaughter, but from the previous Trump administration we knew Trump was going to actively help.
Ok, but you see how massively demoralizing this conversation is, right?
Making logical points weighing up two distinct yet similar stances on genocide is only going to suppress voter turnout.
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I mean, the democrats ARE bad because Palestine. But the Republicans are worse, by A LOT.
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This person is an idiot. The american public gave up on their one chance to influence the outcome of the presidency and fucked it up for everyone beyond comprehension, and are now still trying to push the blame on the establishment. Fuck every one of the sitouts and republican voters. You enabled the orange buffoon and couldnt see the threat he represented. Sometimes, when life gives you a choice between lemons and your way of life being destroyed in a childish tantrum, you swallow the fucking lemon.
Gaza and the world thanks you. Fuckers.
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Okay, so:
- Voting Democrat in the general election is the choice with (edited in: the) least horrible consequences and
- Voting Democrat in the general election isn't nearly enough to stop the ratchet-effecting into fascism, and a stand-for-nothing placeholder centrist Democrat president in 2028 will probably just lead to Trump-3/Vance/someone similarly horrible in 2032
are unfortunately both true.
Also, non-MAGA Americans - (EDIT: liberals, not the party leaders) and leftists alike - need better people skills. With infighting like this, Republicans hardly even need to lift a finger.
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Arguing over who would have genocided people the nicest is fucked up on soooooooo many levels.
And it's also the inevitable conclusion of "lesser evil" politics.