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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What's the actual difference? You end up at the same place with either one.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Says who? Yeah, the Dems are filthy neolibs, but all they really care about is money and influence. They're rainbow capitalists.

The other is literally based on hate and fear, they might actually care about building a christo-nationalist ethnostate more than money.

They certainly have some goals in common, but even compromise isn't going to the same place.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but all they really care about is money and influence.

Correct.

That is why they maintain American imperialism.

Such as funding a genocide in the middle east.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This feels like trying to explain to someone that you can have 2 different infinities, and one is larger than the other. Both are bad, but one is clearly worse.

"What's the difference if you end up at the same place?"

The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide. It is reasonable to criticize the people supporting a genocide while at the same time recognizing that the people wanting more genocides are not the same.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The only real difference is that there are consequences for you at home in the US and that's the only part you actually care about

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And a million dead kids because Trump killed usaid but go off I guess.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"But what about the american children" like I said

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I don't live in the US, there are no consequences for me as a result of Trump being president. Significantly more people are being harmed under Trump and I actually give a shit about other people instead of putting some idealized moral high ground above actual human lives.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People were being harmed under Biden, our foreign and domestic policy has consequences for the vast majority of the world, you're either a moron or lying

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

American exceptionalism strikes again.

"Everything America does directly affects everyone else in the world. You only care now because of this. I cared before and that's why I did nothing to stop this."

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

It's not exceptionalism it's the direct result of our interference in other governments, goddamn you're dumb

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Zero genocide isn't an idealised moral high ground and it's incredibly telling to see someone excuse it.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"I won't vote for someone who isn't speaking about X" is an idealized moral high ground when the alternative is not only X getting worse, but even more X happening.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I won't vote for someone who isn't speaking about X" is an idealized moral high ground when the alternative is not only X getting worse, but even more X happening.

Fuck you you genocidal prick. Substituting genocide for "x" is disgusting. It's not "oh there's just this one bad thing". It's genocide. It's literally the worst possible thing you can do on this planet. And you're saying other people have an idealised moral high ground because they think GENOCIDE is something that should never be done.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide.

How do you find yourself typing something like this and not pause for thought?