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joe biden or donald trump? who would you pick? if you had to measure both men on a scale and determine which one is the lesser evil, who is it?

the answer is, dont engage with this kind of question. both men are unambiguously bad and we shouldnt argue further as to which one you should not vote for, neither one is deserving of a vote, not voting is always an option.

hypothetical questions like this that force you to choose between two bad options, they are actually bad discussions, like you should make a conscious effort to avoid these would you rather questions and try not to ask them.

comrades, especially our fediverse comrades, consider such kind of thoughts haram, do not be making false equivalencies. we do not believe in morality, we do not believe in good and evil, we are communists and our beliefs are derived from theory, nearly everything has a precedence.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Equating Biden and Trump is a false equivalency. Both are bad. But one is magnitudes worse. It’s ok to compare and judge them. Biden is flawed. Trump is uniquely evil.

A dumpster fire is bad. An out of control wildfire is worse. There’s no reason not to recognize that one thing is worse than another, even if both are bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Agreed. While not voting is technically a choice, it's not a choice you should take if you want change. Let's put out the wildfire first, then we'll work on putting out the dumpster fire.

Unless people have a realistic third choice we can make. Ignoring the problem until it goes away isn't going to work though.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Congratulations the person you voted for to put out the wildfires just started stabbing holes in the fire hoses as soon as he was elected.

That fire can be roe, climate change, the rise of fascism, take your pick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please explain to me how not voting would have prevented your scenario.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

It doesn't prevent the scenario, just like voting didn't prevent the scenario. You need to stop thinking about politics as something confined to voting every two years, because that's how you get an ancient decrepit beast like Biden being the "lesser" evil. Politics is about actions and organizing.