• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We’ve had less of the mocking “bOth SIdeS aRE thE SamE!” recently. I think more people are starting to see what we meant.

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      6 months ago

      Both sides are still not the same, IMO.

      Dems suck, but not remotely to the same depth as Republicans.

      I’d hold my nose and vote for Harris again if the election were tomorrow, and for the same reason as last time. (Gestures around)

      Dems run the spectrum from conservative through milquetoast to leftist. The milquetoasts seem to win most of the time.

      R is 100% bigot fascist authoritarians or people for whom those things are not a dealbreaker.

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        6 months ago

        They keep us arguing over ¾ of shit that happens so that they can get the ¼ through they really car about 100% of the time.

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        Yeah absolutely, I think it’s also important to remember dems aren’t a monolith and many have their own takes and opinions despite often being influenced by the same harmful forces.

        For example, Jerry Nadler had a pretty strong endorsement of Mamdani despite being what I would perceive as a pretty standard democrat. I am hopeful that more democrats can be forced to support him and we can avoid this dem civil war narrative but we’ll have to see.

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      lol

      You think things would be exactly the same if Harris were president? That is a special kind of delusion you’ve built for yourself.

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        6 months ago

        The point is…both sides are right wing, not to the same extent, but you’re arguing about shit versus shit like there’s some huge difference. It’s pathetic.

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      Nah, those idiots who argue for the lesser evil in a bid to push the troubles to a point they arent affected by them while millions suffer are still out in force.

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        Better than those idiots that thought voting for Trump, voting 3rd party, or not voting at all was somehow the better option and that less people would suffer than under Harris, or the lesser evil.

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          At least those who voted 3rd party or didn’t vote at all due to shitty candidates recognize there’s a problem and that it needs taken care of before it’s too late.

          Y’all would have us march along with “the lesser evil” to the point of no return.

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            Voting third party in the general election is nothing more than a performative action that directly benefits the worst candidate. Those of us that held our noses and voted for Kamala did so with the recognition that there is a problem, but we were also smart enough to know that the general is not where major changes happen.

            I’d have everyone vote for their ideal candidate in the primaries, and then vote for the best viable candidate I’m the general.

            Acting like you did something good by voting third party is akin to puffing up your chest and acting like tough shit, when all your doing is standing funny and looking like an idiot with a big chest.