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Just a reminder (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16451158

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[–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

pull the l, S, or G lever: reverse anthropogenic climate change, create an ethical economic system, sanction genocidal regimes, low chance your ideas win now - maybe later tho; NOTHING CHANGES

You pull the D lever. You get an immediate result.

Besides, compromise doesn't work this way. Whether you like it or not, you live in a country that has embraced fascism. They are a clear and present danger to the entire globe. But, sure, tell the parents of the dead Iranian schoolgirls that "Hey, I wasn't about to compromise my values just to save your little girl's life!"

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    Being complicit in making the system more evil is fine for people who vote for the Ds; but if the Ds want the votes of the 41% of people who didn't vote (some because they won't cross ethical lines like voting for a pro-genocide, pro-omnicide, pro-capilatist party), then they need a different argument than "vote for the lesser evil again bro", because that didn't work against W and worked only a third of the time against Turmp. The Ds need to either give better reasons for voting for them, or they need to stop being a pro-genocide, pro-climate cascade, pro-capitalist party.

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