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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 79 points 1 week ago (20 children)

You don't understand, their support of lesser fascism is necessary to avoid the greater fascism, so by opposing them you're actually supporting the greater fascism

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuck the lesser of two evils. I choose good.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (3 children)

DEMS: You have to understand we need to eat the shit. If we dont eat the shit the other guy is going to smear it on your face and the faces of your children. So, you see, eating the shit is necessary so that we dont have to smear it over more people's faces.

Me: how the fuck are the only choices shit? Why dont we just not eat the shit and not have everyone horrified of us?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They've somehow managed to convince a stunningly large number of gullible USians, that you need to eat shit to survive, or that its harm reduction or something..

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago

"Purity politics and single issue voters are so toxic! All I said is we need to support an active genocide, fund more wars, keep kids in cages, ignore COVID, and do nothing about the cost of living going up with wages going down. Why does the left want to alienate people like me?!"

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 63 points 1 week ago

Not dividing the left, just consolidating the right

[–] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True. Sorry, your ideology lost so hard that half of it was Trump's 1st term policy. Concede to the left for once in your god damn lives or suffer liberals.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

Concede to the left for once in your god damn lives or suffer liberals.

They'll choose suffering. They love Trump, its why they didn't arrest him. He doesn't hurt the bottom line, just the poors, browns, and queers.

"Erm acturally thats tankie propaganda, dont you know our Good Guy Candidate™ isnt Fascist he's actually Fascist Lite™ which is totally different. Yes he's going to blindly support genocide, yes he's going to support imperialism, and no he wont do a damn thing to help the workers, but you see these silly graphs we made up say the economy is going and therefore our guy is qualified. Now blindly support the candidate and the party or I'll downvote you and call you a Tankie or a Russian bot."

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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.

-Hannah Arendt

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[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Democrats are center right these days.

[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 26 points 1 week ago (7 children)
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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

When a casual acquaintance asks my political leaning, I say Democrat to keep things simple. But, really, I'm a Bernie guy. I don't want to talk politics, and trying to explain that Democrats are actually center-right is just too much effort to put into... well, just about everyone nowadays.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

Dividing the left wouldn't matter if we used a more representative voting system. One that gave people the freedom to vote how they want and still have their vote count if their preference didn't win. Voters should be able to transfer their vote how they wish and stay represented. To have their vote count no matter what.

Why don't blue states switch away from First-past-the-post voting? Republicans aren't in power, they could easily make this change. Don't they believe in democracy? Or do prefer this undemocratic hostage situation that hands the republicans power repeatedly?

Electoral Reform Videos

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

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[–] nsrxn@scribe.disroot.org 18 points 1 week ago
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