• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Why not go direct that pompous judgmental energy at people who actually voted for Trump, instead of spending your time berating people for not wanting to keep enabling the massively undemocratic 2-party system that led to fascism in the first place?

    (Edit: I genuinely believe this subject gets astroturfed online, there is no way that there is really this big a percentage of cowards and dumbfucks out there who sincerely think that leftists are more to blame for Trump than actual Trump voters. Maybe you’re too timid to engage with Trump voters directly so it’s easier for you to stay in safe liberal spaces and bully the leftists there instead?)

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      15 hours ago

      Because the single-issue voters who refused to vote for Harris contributed to changing the 2-party system they had, to a 1-party system now.

      Do 3rd party activism between election cycles, not when MegaHitler is close to being elected.

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              13 hours ago

              Hard dems sure, but the rest of us that want a true third party that doesn’t have these stupid caveats are more than willing to see a 3rd option come to light and support it.

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                  12 hours ago

                  I fucking hate that I have to vote for democrats. And yeah I’ve been laying into people today because they are taking a brainless approach to the situation.

                  I had no good options on my ballot!

                  Not voting is leaving things to chance, so what can I do but try to vote for the lesser evil when I have no good option? Vote for the lesser evil and try to get a good option on the next ballot when in between elections.

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        13 hours ago

        I’m really not interested in the moral opinions of people who describe “opposing your government doing a Holocaust” as “single-issue voters”

        Do 3rd party activism between election cycles,

        Seems like you think the time between election cycles is when you should be tearing into the left.

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          9 hours ago

          Now there’s two holocausts. Everyone with a brain knew it was only going to get worse under Trump compared to Biden or Harris, and now they’re talking about alligators getting 65 million meals. Tell me how is two genocides better than once? How come not a single “true leftist” such as yourself acknowledges Trump being a genocidal maniac, only Harris?

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        14 hours ago

        Kamala will never beat Trump no matter how much you want to cry about it. You need an actual opposition party, neoliberalism is dead.

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          14 hours ago

          An actual opposition party to the left of the neoliberals siphons votes from the neoliberals to make it easier for the real fascists.

          Changing to a better election system has to happen on a state level first because states are the ones who can choose if they have an FPTP system (yay 2 party system) or a proportional system. Even IF you managed to elect a bona-fide socialist as president, it’s not gonna affect shit because that’s not even the president’s jurisdiction. Or congress. It’s state level.