Cowbee

Both are committing genocide, you're brushing that aside.

If only we could vote on leftist candidates in the primary for the DNC, as though it isn't a grand filter before anyone even gets to run...

If you truly think the choice we have between Trump and Harris is picking between two equally bad Hitler-like candidates, then I'm glad you're throwing your vote away, because you're a dumb ass with an oversimplified view of the world that you live in

You don't think genocide is bad?

okay but it’s been passed in plenty of your states and that hasn’t been without democrat party support

Very few states, actually, and it passed in Alaska in a Republican state. Overall, it has weak momentum.

you don’t just change the system overnight - change like that can take a lifetime, and it starts with signalling to move the overton window

How do you signal to "move the overton window?" Prayer?

So who do I think it going to be "better" for the next four years while we try again.

You aren't going to try again, like all liberals you're going to sit on your hands for 4 years and contest Leftists for trying to push for actual change. That's the problem, liberals can only say they are unhappy with the status quo but work their hardest to perpetuate it.

If I don't take that mask, no one is getting help and I'll just pass out too.

All you're doing is putting on a mask with a hole in it.

Really, all you're saying is that you would vote for Hitler if 101% Hitler was his opponent and shame voters for voting for a leftist instead.

Here are a few examples of the mods denouncing Socialism and Marxism, and they perma-banned me from political memes for going against the liberal narrative for "misinformation and posturing" despite leaving up the Zionist lie that the Palestinian genocide is a 1000 year conflict. This is also when one of the moderators claimed they weren't censoring anyone and were incredibly fair on a comment chain calling out their censorship, and refused to elaborate. They would not even tell me how I could edit my comments to comply with their rules.

They defederated from Hexbear "as a last resort-" before ever federating with Hexbear.

In the Lemmygrad defederation thread, there's unsupported claims of hate speech and calls to violence, which we have to fill in the blanks - the mods are anti-Marxist and anti-revolution, so any Marxist instance is going to fail that test.

The Hexbear defederation thread is somehow worse when they list why instead of leaving it to the imagination. Read some of the top comments, it's clear that it was anti-Socialist in motive. Real spooky scary zingers listed as evidence in the post like “The West’s role in the world, through organizations such as NATO, the IMF, and the World Bank - among many others - are deeply harmful to the billions of people living both inside and outside of their imperial core.” This statement is 100% obvious to anyone not stanning the US Empire.

Another example listed is “These organizations constitute the modern imperial order, with the United States at its heart - we are not fooled by the term “rules-based international order.” It is in the Left’s interest for these organizations to be demolished. When and how this will occur, and what precisely comes after, is the cause of great debate and discussion on this site, but it is necessary for a better world.” Yet again, they are defederated for being Marxists, and therefore being revolutionary. This is just because they are authentically Marxist, not because posters were mean.

The mods of Lemmy.world are Liberals. Not just any liberals, but "true believers." Marxism is dangerous to them and so they shut it out, they spelled it out plainly.

Even your leftist meme in Political Memes is getting you called a "tankie."

Course not, the genocidal US Empire needs to be overthrown. Join an org like FRSO or PSL.

Just curious, but is there a red line the US could cross for you to abandon it? A red line where the Dems and Reps are beyond salvaging, and you would work outside the electoral system to enact change?

It's more of a difference in practical values. At what point does the "lesser evil" itself become intolerable evil? Some people insist that you should vote for Hitler over 101% Hitler, that there is no intolerable level as long as there is a miniscule difference. Others have firm red lines in the sand, like genocide, where they advocate for abandoning them and pushing as hard as you can, even advocating for moves outside the electoral system like revolution.

Yep, Hexbear is generally more diverse, even if it still leans towards the general Lemmy demographics. The presence of communities like Traa and strong pro-LGBTQ moderation helps that greatly, same with anti-zionism.

I personally don't like many of de la cruz's policies, they are poorly constructed

Which policies do you believe are poorly constructed?

Harris? I agree, she's torpedoing a very easy campaign.