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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago (14 children)

I get why people want to choose the smaller evil but sometimes it's necessary to point out all evils and head towards a stateless society.

But maybe that's the difference between "both sides bad" and "two sides bad"

[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

You’re not wrong that we should be able to critique everyone in government, but that’s not what people are taking issue with so it’s not really the problem. You’re kind of omitting the second half. “Both sides are the same, so it doesn’t make a difference what I do/I’ll just keep voting the way I have/I won’t vote because it doesn’t matter.”

I just don’t understand how “both sides are the same” could possibly hold any water after Roe was repealed. That’s evidence enough to the contrary, but people are far more concerned with sounding like they are “above the fray” and being perceived as big brain skeptics (even if they are uninformed on the issues) so they repeat it anyway. That or they are still voting MAGA and want to create a false equivalency.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago (7 children)

It comes down to this, I know Biden is supporting killing innocent children in Palestine.

We can roll back policies that dumb fucker trump might try because people will still be alive.

We might need another trump presidency to show people that they need to do more than support genocide supporting candidates.

Maybe if it gets bad enough the rest of you will join us in not accepting shitty candidates as good enough.

They say you get less radical as you get older, but the older I get, the more I think it’s time to let the system burn and try again.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 1 points 11 months ago

You don't understand basic game theory.

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