• SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
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    10 days ago

    They aren’t the same though, even though those two parties sometimes agree.

    Making it seem like they’re identical just feeds apathy and helps the rightward march of politics. Only a useful idiot or accessory would do that, are you doing that?

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      10 days ago

      Remember when Biden said nothing would fundamentally change?

      And then nothing fundamentally changed?

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      10 days ago

      I agree with this.

      Self-proclaimed “leftists” who equate the two dominant parties fail to gather allies from the more likely group and inhibit the movement. “Both parties are the same” is pathetic, grow up, members of one would be willing to help you and you know it.

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      I think we can very comfortably say that party leadership is shitty and center or center right in both parties. They are too comfortable in their cushy information-is-power jobs which keeps them rich. They do not care about what the party or their voters want.

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      10 days ago

      This comes off as so unhinged. They didn’t say a general statement like “both parties are the same”. Obviously they’re not, though much of the time their goals do align in some way. They said something specific, and true. This reactive need to defend the Democratic Party is ridiculous to me, they have enabled and voted for many bad and harmful things, they often do not understand or represent the interests of their constituents, they have plenty of money, they do not need you to stand in front of imaginary bullets for them. The way left is not through the Democratic Party. I know we don’t have a good option yet but I can tell people are ready for it.

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        10 days ago

        Unhinged is not the same thing as “thing you disagree with”.

        Choosing nothing instead of the lesser of two evils is childish. Grow the fuck up. If you’re so superior why don’t I see your party on the ballot? All you do is complain and get left behind. Win a fucking election, then you can talk shit.

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          10 days ago

          Yeah, not helping your side of this argument look “not unhinged”. And once again either misunderstanding or willfully mischaracterizing what’s been said. See above.

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      10 days ago

      Biden’s whole career over half a century has consisted of feeding the police but he advertises he is Democrat and Harris picked a running mate who teamed up with Trump to stomp out the oil pipeline protestors

      both sides are not the same?