• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Okay, but you need to admit that one party was Violently Fascist while the other party was merely Controlled Opposition.

      I definitely prefer the empty vistage of democracy to the vulgar dismemberment of it. So you need to admit Democrats are better. And then you need to say you voted for them. And donated. And campaigned. And proselytized on their behalf.

      Otherwise, I’m going to call you a Russian bot

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        Kamala “Do Not Come” Harris

        Joe “Nothing Will Fundamentally Change” Biden

        Nancy “Insider Trading is Fine, Actually” Pelosi

        They both serve capital first, all the rest is rhetoric to keep you frustrated and bewildered - unable to realize it. You’ll spend the rest of eternity focusing on the outrage of the week, blind to the fact that the economics of the day dictate how they steer your thought and energy. When the chips are down, none of them worry about your poor non-capital-having ass.

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          Yep. This is it. They are minions of money. Genocide? It’s profit. That’s why neither side cares.

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        Being able to choose between slave owners or the only other option is totally a real choice…

        Both parties are not the same, but it is still a uniparty. Worst of all, it is one where the other side of the country has been conditioned for the same: choose what they believe to be the depravity and downfall of their way of life, or the only other option.

        This is why in other countries we have more than two parties, and why the ones that are Heritage Foundation funded influence operations want to change this.

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        This statement is so american it makes my head hurt. Two parties is the reason you don’t have a democracy, and the instant “if not then you are anti my team” response shows how dead your democracy really is. Without even the ability to have a third option you don’t have a democracy, you have a red vs blue dictatorship.

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          If someone won’t vote against fascism they are against me, yes. If you think that’s an American take, I’ll accept the inaccurate compliment.

          Without even the ability to have a third option you don’t have a democracy, you have a red vs blue dictatorship.

          I mean, literally what primaries are for, but yes, our democracy is dead. Ranked choice voting is necessary. The senate flies in the face of proper representation.

          you have a red vs blue dictatorship.

          You don’t know what the word dictatorship means.

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            If someone won’t vote against fascism they are against me, yes. If you think that’s an American take, I’ll accept the inaccurate compliment.

            See that is the issue, not having a choice other then status quo or fascism is not a real choice and you doubling down on the team bullshit is just sad. Nether of the current parties should exist and in almost every other nation these parties would have been put out to pasture long ago. If you are just voting for the not fascist then you are voting for the ruling party, its not a hard concept.

            I mean, literally what primaries are for, but yes, our democracy is dead. Ranked choice voting is necessary. The senate flies in the face of proper representation.

            Primaries are run by the 2 parties and everyone in the world can see they are not fair and clearly fixed to some degree. We are in agreement that your democracy is dead, but I am stating that it has been dead for a long time and it’s been doing damage world wide (like a really bad weekend at Bernie’s).

            You don’t know what the word dictatorship means.

            A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold absolute or near-absolute political power. Just because you have two groups take turns does not change the fact that the us is run by a group of leaders who hold near-absolute power (now with no checks or balances!).