Where is the outrage? Where have all the "humans" gone? Israel slaughtered over 400 innocent civilians in Gaza last night. Most of them women and children.
None of those with #Ukraine, #Canada, #Mexico and #EU flags on their profile raising their voice condemning this outrageous crime.
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The sheikh wandered around the city with a lamp
I'm tired of all the devils and the death, and seeking one human
They said it cannot be found, we have searched, As we said before
That which cannot be found I desire
Rumi
دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر
کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست
گفتند یافت می نشود جسته ایم ما گفت
آن که یافت می نشود آنم آرزوست
#poetry #Rumi #Gaza #Inhumanity #Death #politics #Israel #Genocide #WarCrime
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People voting lesser of two evils is precisely what has gotten us here. You just want to pretend the universe began in 2024.
I understand what you're trying to say, but American politics has always been a two party lesser of two evils voting system. If it was always getting worse, then explain women's rights, civil rights, LGBT+ rights, etc. If voting for the lesser of two evils meant it was always a downward track, then why have we been able to push for good things.
With the dems, we could have at least pushed. There is already a good movement in local and senate for more progressive candidates. That can still spread, but not when one party is unified in completely dismantling the government.
Since you like to read, go ahead and read Project 2025. We are already a good amount through the playbook that was written out. You want to talk about trusting democracy? One of the steps of Project 2025 is issuing Martial law. A step that is just a few steps after "ignore judges", which I remind you is where we currently are. After Martial Law, is establishing authoritarian regime. I hope your trust in democracy can prevail a literal authoritarian.
It's not always getting worse. It's that things only get better if you have consistent pressure from the left to force Democrats to get better. The pressure to cave to corporate centrism is always there. You have to have some correcting mechanism, otherwise the party will just drift further right. This mechanism has existed for decades and it has served, and continues to serve, to keep the Democrats from decaying further towards conservatism.
Yes, obviously Project 2025 exists. There's no need to gleefully trot out all the horrible things Trump is doing. Obviously he's doing bad things. The problem with Democrats is they think that because Republicans are going to do awful things, that gives them a blank check to do anything they want. They can do any evil they want, just as long as they're a little bit better than the Republican.
And you mention LGBT rights. The same centrist Dems who cited LGBT rights as a reason to throw Palestinians under the bus are now advocating for throwing trans people under the bus. It turns out, when you're willing to sacrifice one minority group to the fire, then you'll be willing to do it again. They justified letting the Palestinians burn in order to protect the queer and trans people. Now they're justifying letting trans people burn, because in the name of the greater good, we have to make sure to protect everyone else.
Centrist Dems are the "first they came for..." poem in human form.
That IS the banality of evil that poem warns about. At every stage of fascist empowerment, a lesser of two evils argument can be made for letting one minority group or another have its rights taken away. Pretty soon all the minority groups are dead, because at every stage you thought sacrificing them made sense for the greater good.