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You think we're still gonna have elections by then?
Anyway, yes, harm reduction and dragging the overton window left is preferable . A company that builds crematoriums was an exhibitor at the Board Security Expo earlier this month.
But even more preferably, these old farts need to get primaried out.
democrats don't move the Overton window left.
Voters can. Or well, could have. Instead we let the republicans control the window to the point we'll probably not have elections again.
Candidates have no responsibility to appeal to the voters. Got it. That's not what democracy looks like.
Yes and? I've shared this exact meme.
(Ideally)Right now, we have time to primary the old guard out, but if it came down to voting for an asshole and voting for a Nazi, I'll vote for the asshole, because abstaining in protest will only help the Nazi get in.
you shared a meme that says democrats don't allow the american overton window to move left and your previous comment suggests that voting democrat moves the same overton window to the left; there seems to be a conflict in the point you're trying to make.
There is a time and place for when to do activism voting and when the the stakes are too high, you have to set aside your pride. If voters could keep the republicans out, we could start replacing the democrats with real progressives. Right not, democrats represent the lesser of two evils and when the greater evil wants to create concentration camps, it's immoral not to vote for the lesser.
that lesser evil is doing nothing to prevent concentration camps and democrats are working to ensure that progressives are shut out. giving the democrats your support is not only not achieving these goals, it's actively working against them; so a different strategy is needed.
Giving the democrats support right before the election was the only thing we could do. Right now, we have time to regroup and get new blood elected. We can do activism voting right now, but if you didn't vote for Harris just to keep Trump out, you need to confront the fact that what were seeing right now is partially your fault.
what we're seeing right now is an imperialism boomerang and you're significantly more complicit if you continue to give your support to either party.
I'm giving my support to the people who are challenging the status quo, not to people promoting inaction. Your plan only strengthens the imperialists.
You're giving your support to a party that has already settled that they will ensure that those people will have no say in the process.
You've got to be compromised.
The asshole is the servant of the Nazi. You only get the Nazi a bit later and all the more stronger. They are both parts of the same Oligarchy that ultimately wants the Nazi in power.