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[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yes, it would be helpful. People are less likely to rebel if they think majority supports the government.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

What American alies? Israel?

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There is a good yt channel talking about egalitarian societies in prehistory called What is Politics

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't complain either? I guess you neither believe in free speech nor in right to choose not to make rich people richer against your own will. These fascistic ideas hurt everyone and saying that someone should die for simply saying them always causes more problems.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I just need one, being able to change if something in the code is against my interests.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (14 children)

It is however easier to explain to people that those in power do not have popular support if there are less people that voted for them. I am not saying it is a good idea, but I am trying to say that this goes both ways. As some user previously said, voting for lesser of two evils and voting for absolute support is also indistinguishable.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You shouldn't have just one other guy though. KKK might prefer one, but be ok with the other as well.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I should just die because I just want to do the work necessary and not go above and beyond to make some rich people richer for no reason or interest of my own?

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

I thought I replied to the main point of the argument. I can reply to those specific questions, but I don't think that really communicates my point. It is not necessarily as bad, but it is very close. I don't really think that most problems with Trump are comparable to killing huge population of innocent people. Most of the problems are general racism, corruption and thievery. Most articles critiquing Trump aren't about how he rounded up a bunch of innocent people in Gaza and starved them to death. As horrible as he is, you need to see the weight of these actions by Democrates and that they can not be accepted under no circumstances. They should be addressed as a priority.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You shouldn't be coerced like this to vote for something you don't believe in. I think OP misunderstood the sentiment of people who say that voting isn't going to solve these problems, as an idea that you shouldn't vote. If you want, vote, but you have to actually do something to fight fascism, you can't vote fascism out, you just get another maybe less of a fascist, that still kills innocent people.

You need to organize outside of the voting system and stop the industry of violence against the innocent with physical sabotage or violence itself. But make sure you also build an actual direct democratic system in the process, that is the hard part.

[–] olivebranch@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, nobody is advocating for third party to be always in power, since obviously then they are not a third party anymore. It just like no one is advocating for opposition to the government to always be in power, because that makes no sense, but the change of government and voting for that opposition does make sense.

It would be better for people to choose moderates then these people we have now. I am sure majority of people don't support genocide in Gaza. But if people don't understand that voting for third party is necessary, we should work on that, we shouldn't give up.

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