• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The line is wearing thin, since democracy keeps being in greater peril even when we elect Democratic majorities.

    Democrats would rather protect the filibuster than democracy.

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      9 months ago

      Democrats would rather lose the election to a fascist than stop aiding a genocide.

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          9 months ago

          Pointing out that Biden will lose if he continues supporting genocide is not supporting Trump.

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            9 months ago

            That is correct. However, their comment implies that there are people not voting for biden due to his participation, and my question still stands.

            Those people not voting for biden because of his stance merely ensure that the thing they dont want to happen will happen on a much larger scale - abroad and at home.

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              9 months ago

              Your question is framed in such a way that it presupposes that the person you are asking is gonna vote for Trump.

              Don’t try to walk it back now.

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                9 months ago

                At what point was i walking things back? Both of my comments clearly imply their meaning and neither contradicts the other.

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                  9 months ago

                  You asked as though they wanted Trump to win and now you’re pretending you didn’t.

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            9 months ago

            We aren’t Russia (for now). We can still effect change at the state level by getting rid of First Past The Post voting and passing comprehensive electoral reform.

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              No we can’t. Liberal and moderate voters will never allow it. Nor would the establishment Democrats it’s benefitted.