Facebones

If 3,000 dead sends you into a blind murderous rage, but 35,000+ dead is a normal, acceptable "numbers game," you're not concerned about life, you're just a genocidal racist.

They believe in the "free market" insofar as the government being commodities to be bought.

cHeCkMaTe LiBrUlZ!

Speaking as an elder millennial, it’s about both if you’re like me 😄

Same haha

^ It's like my best friend from High School who disowned me. We were always on opposite ends of the political spectrum but always met in the middle at "everything is fucked and rigged." Of COURSE he was a capitalist conservative, his Dad owned a successful construction company, but we still saw the same flaws in the system and respected/saw what the other was saying on whatever issue we discussed.

I won't say he didn't work hard or anything, he did go to college (paid for though, of course) and work a real job in his business/bookkeeping field for a while. But sure enough after a few years with his family resources and connections he started a real estate business and now I'm a filthy commie even for just utilizing VA health care (which isn't a "freebie," but a part of the agreement when you join.)

My point is, we were able to find middle ground and agree on certain things, until his privileged position allowed him to "win." Then, all of a sudden, the system is perfect and I'm just a loser who wants winners to pay for losers and if I want healthcare (or whatever) I should just get off my ass and "win." Of course the system seems flawless and superior when you have all the material conditions to just waltz in with no struggle or strife.

((Lesser point, we were friends for like 20 years from age 14-15 and I still miss my friend))

I'm sure there's some tangible "definition" of tankie, but I've been on lemmy for a while and I still couldn't tell you what it is past "person I disagree with" lol

God that show has aged him haha (or I'm just getting old and that show's been on way longer than I perceive.......yep I'm going with that first thing I said. :P)

They made it clear in 2016, they'd rather the Republicans win than give even an INCH to the left of mid right establishment dems.

They like to ignore that dems have had a few opportunities with the trifecta to actually codify these issues and enact stronger policies against the threats we face now (that were apparent at the time) but the problem is democrats don't WANT to lock those basic rights issues down because they need the existential threat. Their only platform for like 20 years now has been "not those guys" so if they actually codified (for example) abortion or even better added it to an amendment - They wouldn't be able to push this narrative that if you don't vote for milquetoast mid right Biden then you're actually WORSE than the fascists and you hate women and you're handing their freedom to """the right""" on a silver platter.

America has always been a single corporate party system, and both wings of that party are pushing for fascism because it's the end goal of any capitalist system. It's just a fight between "marginalized folk are slowly and quietly suppressed so my life continues as normal" fascism or "quiet part out loud day one which I would have to acknowledge" fascism.

And what chance do you think Democrats are going to reform if you reward them for continuing to sprint rightward and enacting all the fascist policies NOW that you keep claiming you're the only defense from?

Moving the goalposts any time a third party even comes close to the requirements for inclusion? Check

Having it legally ruled that voters and donors have no say in the DNC's picks? Check

Pushing legislation to remove the red tape from stripping leftist orgs of nonprofit status? Check

Pushing legislation to make ANY criticism of Israel legally antisemetic so any school that allows protests can be stripped of funding and accreditation? Check

But at least they're garbage that play by the rules

....... yes, but do so to further the same fascist agendas.

This shit SHOULD get old and stop making me laugh, but damnit it never does 🤣

1000% this. I live in the bible belt and am a big burly bearded bastard so people "quiet part out loud" at me with supersonic speed (1). I'd almost make a mortgage payment if I had a buck for every time someone said some ridiculous shit then I got in trouble for "getting political" aka politely and calmly engaging with the statement just made directly to me.

I didn't make it political. The person saying trans folk should "wear the right clothing" made it political. I believe the word you're looking for is "uncomfortable," and if you don't want it to get uncomfortable maybe tell HIM not to get political. If he says it, I have a right to respond - and silencing my speech but not his is an explicit endorsement of his speech.

(1) It has literally happened in like 5 sentences or less between even me and a stranger multiple times. "Hey what's up" "nothing much started a new job" "cool, I haven't worked in a bit but I worked at target for a bit" "why? Target funds ANTIFA TERRORISTS"