• femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Yea, but from all his talks and bills I don’t trust him to not be against queer people. So in a way they both will be against my own interests.

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      5 days ago

      My actions and his actions are two very different things. If he primaries, I may tell people to vote for him against the R, having told people to vote against him in the primaries. In both cases I would be acting in alignment with My interests, for they are two very different choices. I will hope for the best and plan for the worst.

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      5 days ago

      Your courage to do anything will help in the long run.

      Please at least consider the option that helps some others.

      • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        It’s not even that. EVERYONE is harmed by fascists. Or, if you’d like to rephrase it this way: EVERYONE is harmed much more by fascists. Either way, in the general, vote blue. In the primaries, vote for the best option. And if you can run for office, run for office.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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        5 days ago

        Voting is how fascists win.

        This won’t be fixed by voting. It never could have been and it never will be.

            • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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              5 days ago

              Well, I don’t know here, let’s fucking use a brain cell or two.

              Arguably, sure, facists win because people vote for them.

              And do you know how facists lose? PEOPLE VOTE FOR NOT-FASCISTS.

              So what you said was true and also the most useless fucking worthless statement I’ve read all week.

              After all, the entire fucking point here is STOP VOTING FOR FASCISTS.

              • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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                5 days ago

                And do you know how facists lose? PEOPLE VOTE FOR NOT-FASCISTS.

                Historically speaking, when have fascists ever been voted out of power?

    • Ooops@feddit.org
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      5 days ago

      “Option A is really, really bad for me. But I’m not sure if option B wouldn’t be somewhat bad, too. So I will just watch and let option A happen.”

      — You, and millions of other propaganda victims helping fascists win

      • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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        5 days ago

        I’m getting pretty tired of voting for the ‘slightly less bad’ blue fascists, though.

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          No one’s arguing voting Dem is a magical cure-all. Your local Dem will not be 100% aligned with your worldview (unless it’s you in office).

          But 65% is more than -200%. A shit-ton of so-called “lefties” cannot do basic math.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            Your local Dem will not be 100% aligned with your worldview (unless it’s you in office).

            Biden and trump supported genocide, so they supported 100% of everything you’ve ever been.

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                Yes they do! The Democrats’ secret plan is to be so bad at galvanising support so we vote for the Rs, and then the Ds don’t even have a lift a finger to destroy democracy. It’s ingenious, really. If they actually tried to win elections, they’d win every time, and then the left wing radicals in the party would climb the ranks and push progressive policies. But by losing on purpose, they deflect suspicion and keep the radicals down.

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            5 days ago

            But 65% is more than -200%.

            Nah, it’s more like “-40% is more than -200%”

            Still headed toward fascism and abuse … just a bit slower.

            We’re in a car heading toward a cliff, and we have a choice of whether to hit the gas or the brakes. But the brakes are really shitty and can only slow us down slightly – no way they’ll stop in time.

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                4 days ago

                Well, my plan is to jump out of the car (leave the country). But what you do is up to you.

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                    4 days ago

                    If you’re a Jew in Germany in, say … 1926, what’s your best option for survival?

                    Voting? lol

                    Staying and fighting? Good on you, but your chances of surviving that are extremely slim.

                    Staying and hiding? Somewhat better chances, but still pretty bad.

                    Getting the fuck out of Germany and going far away? By far your best chance.

    • gibmiser@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      He will be more against queer people than whoever the Republicans put forth? Really?

      If candidate A wants you to hide your queerness and use the wrong bathroom, and candidate B wants to force you to be straight or go to jail or a conversion camp, are you really going to throw your hands up in the air and say it’s not worth voting?

      Voting for someone does not mean you support everything they stand for. It just means you think they are the best option of what has been laid before you.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        Voting for someone does not mean you support everything they stand for.

        I’ve seen what centrists do when they don’t get their very first choice. They campaigned against Mamdani and formed a PAC to get McCain elected.