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That's right, everybody knows that the left and the right are perfectly equally bad, and the act of voting to stop the bleeding and starting a revolution are mutually exclusive /s
And then after years of this nonsense, people wonder how the poor voter turnout that got the fascist elected happened.
You can't stop the bleeding, liberals are permascratched now
who said anything about the left?
You believe the Democrats are 'the left'?
The act of stabbing your artery in order to stop the gangrene you got from repeatedly stabbing your arteries is indeed just as bad as dipping your gangrenous tissue into your open wounds to spread it faster. Neither make you better. Neither is a true stopping point.
Or in other words, Dems are the clutch and reps are the gas. You have no brakes. You might be able to stop without a brake, maybe even stay stopped. But shits going to get worse no matter which you choose since you're actively ignoring the brakes.
I like the metaphor of a shipwrecked sailor clinging to a piece of flotsam in the cold water a mile from shore. He's losing body heat, and eventually hypothermia will set in and he will drown. But if he lets go and starts to swim for shore, he'll lose body heat even faster, use up his energy, and he probably won't make it. The "harm reduction" argument says that he should reduce his heat loss, and stay clinging to the flotsam. He's safe right now, while attempting to get to shore is difficult and dangerous.
Of course, by the time that the fallacy of that strategy becomes apparent (*gestures at current events*), he's too cold and weak to even attempt the swim.
2024 election was second highest turnout in 20 years wasn't it?
Since Nixon vs. Humphrey vs. Wallace back in 1968.
In 2024 pproximately 59.0% of voting age population voted, which is 63.9% of voting eligible population.
2020 was the only year to surpass with 62.8% VAP/65.3% VEP.
3rd place is 2008 with 58.3% 61.6%.