I’m envious of the way the French protest their government. They’re literally setting things on fire because their schools aren’t adequate. Because the government tried to raise the retirement age. Because their politicians are shitbags.
I think the biggest obstacle to organizing in the US is the sheer distance. It takes 40 solid hours of driving to get from one side to the other. That’s not counting any breaks. France takes about 14 hours. Doable in a day or so if you push it.
Anyway, I’d sign up for a Revolution if there was a serious contender.
I need anti-voting leftists to understand that to the eyes of average civilians they’re basically rapture people
Anti voting leftists are a tool of the Right.
False dichotomy. There are many things to do between “do nothing but vote for evil” and “revolution”.
I don’t want to write the whole thing again, so I’ll just leave this here.
Been seeing this sentiment lately, and it’s silly. At least in the decades I’ve been around, people only vote the lesser evil about half the time. What we get is the “lesser” evil fixing and/or improving things, then the other party wins and undoes it all, rinse and repeat. You’d only actually have a point if it was consistently people voting the lesser which they’re not. This is just propaganda to demotivate folks from voting and making them feel like it’s hopeless so nothing changes for the folks that don’t want it to.
What we get is the “lesser” evil fixing and/or improving things
No, they don’t. Both parties actively make things worse, one wants to move to the right faster but they both want to move to the right. Things get worse regardless of which party is in power, neither party actually fixes or improves things.
There is a bipartisan consensus on ICE, the Patriot Act, spending as much on the military as the next 9 countries combined, getting involved in foreign wars, opposing Medicare for all, etc. Biden increased military spending to an all time high and bypassed congress to send more weapons to Israel.
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that’s not progress. The progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven’t even begun to pull the knife out, much less heal the wound… They won’t even admit the knife is there.”
The knife is in 9 inches, and one party wants to shove it another 6 while the other wants to plunge it in another 3. Both parties want to make it illegal to even talk about pulling the knife out.
Both parties actively make things worse
Provably false to anyone that pays any attention at all and literally the type of shitstain garbage sentiment the post is warning about.
With the last Democrat administration we got the biggest infrastructure bill of our lifetimes, the Inflation Reduction Act, the Safer Communities Act, the CHIPS act, same sex and interracial marriage was codified, prescription drug price reforms, student loan forgiveness for MILLIONS, and more.
The Dems have a voting history PROVING they regularly vote in favor of the middle/lower classes and stats PROVE they are better for our economy.
These are all objectively good things that make things better, not worse. Maybe what you mean to say is that one party actively makes things worse and the other just doesn’t do everything YOU want them to do on YOUR timeline.
The bottom line is there is a stupid decision and a smart decision every time you fill out a ballot, but you’re wasting your time telling others that no option is a good option.
Stop wasting our time and spreading this shit sentiment. The situation is far too serious for that garbage.
I’ve discussed things with you before and know that you’re a diehard party loyalist, so there’s little point in trying to reason with you. As I recall, you explicitly told me you consider American lives more valuable than the lives of non-Americans, so I don’t respect your opinion whatsoever. Your assessment of the party is based on fascist values and beliefs that are completely incompatible with my own.
At the end of the day, as someone who believes in the principle that all people are created equal, I’ll never vote for a party that supports mass murder, even if it’s targeted at “lesser” foreigners. And you and your party can make the choice of whether that’s an unreasonable condition to being part of their coalition. If you don’t need people who believe in equality, then don’t whine about how we vote. If you do need us, give us our demands and stop supporting mass murder. Doesn’t make a lick of difference to me if you think I’m being “unreasonable” or “wasting my vote” or whatever else. And I’m not going to stop voicing my opinion or advocating against genocide, no matter what you say.
I’ve discussed things with you before and know that you’re a diehard party loyalist
I’m not a diehard party loyalist. That’s just what you frame me as because you don’t do your homework and have no good arguments, so you deflect to using demeaning labels against your opponent. I talk shit about Dems all the time. And I also give them credit where credit is due, something you are incapable of doing.
You know nothing about me, other than that I pay more attention than you to current affairs and know what actually gets accomplished and by who.
As I recall, you explicitly told me you consider American lives more valuable than the lives of non-Americans
No shit, Sherlock. Your own affairs in your own nation absolutely take precedence over the affairs of others in other parts of the world. How can you effectively help anyone anywhere else if you aren’t keeping your own house in order and it starts to collapse (descend into fascism)? You made this comment like some kind of “gotcha” but it’s just common sense, something you appear to be extremely short on.
You spend all your time on this platform whining like a baby, providing no facts, calling everyone genocide supporters, and accomplishing exactly nothing, other than maybe convincing others through your incessant whining to not vote or vote for candidates that cannot, under any circumstances, win.
You are less than worthless and provide nothing of value to the conversation.
Don’t care, didn’t read your fascist bullshit. Already said all I have to say to you.
We know you read it. You just have nothing of value to add to the discourse. “muh both parties bad the cOntRoLeD duOpoLy”. Just insane out of touch privileged takes
Lmao. Yes, I care so much about what a fascist who views foreigners as lesser beings thinks, that I couldn’t help but read it! And his beliefs in the inherent superiority of Americans is just so compelling and persuasive, I just couldn’t think of any possible counterargument!
No. I don’t lie. I dismiss everything he says out of hand because he is a fascist. And if you agree with him, then you are too.
If you reject the very notion of equality, why on God’s green earth would I give a rat’s ass what you think?
It’s utterly insane for you to call me “privileged” for believing in equality! If you reject equality, then by that logic what the fuck would it matter if I’m “privileged?” By your logic, that just means I’m better than you. Because fuck equality, right? Don’t try to co-opt left-wing language while rejecting the fundamental premises of leftism.
