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We are constantly told that solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing poor and working class people in the U.S. do not exist. Meanwhile, billions taxpayer dollars are being used to fund the genocide of Palestinians.

That very money could have ended homelessness in the United States.

Money for our needs, not the U.S.-Israeli war machine!

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[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You should be using your voice to pressure Democrats to change their stance on genocide, not shaming voters into becoming complicit in the genocide. This is the one time you have any power and if you back down now, it will not end. You are a coward if you continuously put yourself above the project of ending American empire.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Either candidate who has a real chance of winning endorses genocide. One hates millions of Americans; the other doesn’t. I don’t understand how siding with those millions means I’m putting myself “above” them. The accusation of cowardice is laughable.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago

Advocating for third parties under our current voting system, and at the current moment, is indistinguishable from advocating for Trump.