So it looks like Trump has read the fascist playbook or something. I’m not surprised. I am concerned.
Edit: After thinking about it, I guess I am surprised that he can read.
So it looks like Trump has read the fascist playbook or something. I’m not surprised. I am concerned.
Edit: After thinking about it, I guess I am surprised that he can read.
Years ago, I had thought, it was like “do you want to get shot in the foot once, or shot in the foot twice?” deciding between the two parties. That’s not the current situation. It’s more like, “do you want to enter the hotel room full of hungry alligators?”, or enter the room with a bunch of people making decisions that probably make your life 2% worse. These are not the same choices. Politics in 2023 suck hard. There is no simple answer as to what to do or who to vote for. But there is an easy answer. If you do not currently benefit from tax breaks for the richest ~10%, or if you are not pro-religion in politics, it’s probably in your best interest to vote blue. Otherwise, vote red. That’s about a straightforward as it gets.
Even if you’re pro-religion, voting blue is the better choice. Only blind mammonites and hate-filled egotists can justify voting republican.
Also, the way Trump’s base is all whipped up, not voting at all is nearly equivalent to voting for him.
You know, unless you’re someone in Gaza whose life Biden’s military aid package to Israel will end, but hey, they’re just brown people!
Voting blue instead of abstaining or voting 3rd party? Sure, but let’s not downplay how bad the Blue Team is. By voting for them, we are being complicit in the crimes of the Democrats in order to stave off worse crimes, but are still complicit in the murder and genocide nonetheless.
Do you honestly think the Republicans wouldn’t support Israel?
And a vote for 3rd parties is a vote for Republicans.
And Israel would be attacking Palestine even without US support, given Hamas is still going to be attacking them.
What in my comment gave you that impression? Do you think that just because both parties would do it absolves you from being complicit in it?
So is a vote for Democrats, since they’re doing nothing to actually stop Republicans. The 2 party system is built so that control switches between the 2 parties. One party will never hold it indefinitely.
So your argument is that we may as well just go along with the genocide since it will happen with or without us?
This is peak Centrism. “I don’t agree with the genocide, but I’ll go along with it since I’ve got nothing better to do.”
Not everyone agrees it’s a genocide.
If Israel wanted they have the weapons and ability to raze Gaza to the ground and kill everyone in it in a matter of weeks. But they haven’t done that.
“If you do the genocide slow, it’s not really a genocide! Not everyone agrees that killing thousands of children of one particular ethnicity is a genocide, anyways. They should be thankful they’re not all dead already, because if Israel wanted them to be, they could do it. Really, only killing this many makes Israel the good guys here!”
So you just want Israel to let Hamas attack and kill them then? Because Hamas attacks from populated areas, any counter attacks will result in civilian casualties.
Holy false dichotomies, Batman!
“In order to prevent the genocide, Israel must commit the genocide!” BIG BRAIN!
It’s a pretty piss poor attempt at a genocide by Israel. They have the armaments and ability to have wiped out everyone in Gaza by now. If they wanted thew Palestinians genocided, they could have done it already.