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Just remember to put all your energy into electoral eye washing and never into thinking about systemic problems!
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this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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Just because it's bullshit doesn't mean it's wrong. If you actually care maybe share memes about taking action instead of doomerism.
If you think the statement "democracy is on the ballot" is a lie, then let's at least hear what's in your mind, hmm OP?
Is it truly democracy if your only choice is between far right fascism and slightly less evil far right pro-genocide liberalism?
I hate fascism, but calling our two party system a democracy feels like a lie.
Democracy is a process, not the candidate of choice you're given. Even if there's 10 fascist on the ballot, if the election process is not hindered in any way, it is democracy. So yes, democracy is on the ballot. The alternative is dictatorship, monarchy, or autocracy.
"Democrats will never move left unless you keep rewarding them for sprinting further right and remain wholly uncritical of them treating you as a bigger enemy than Republicans and MAGA"
It does feel like a sort of good cop bad cop setup in some ways, but we literally have a candidate openly advocating for fascism, concentration camps, and purging the government, this isn’t shouldn’t even be a choice this election and it shouldn’t be as close as it is.
Sometimes the facts are quite memeable
Vote for the big man and never for your manager in the workplace
Also a hard pill from the party that hates primaries (and it's not just this cycle or 2020, the DNC blacklists consultants who work with primary candidates the party hasn't ordained the winner for forever). Vote for the anointed one, the candidate (chosen by a legitimate primary election) on the other side is going to destroy democracy, which you can tell we cherish by not even trusting our own registered party members to vote for candidates!
It’s true, the Democrats are not our friends. But at least they’re not trying to actively set the house on fire while we’re in it.
They're just wholly indifferent to the house fire as long as it doesnt inconvenience their donors.