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The Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaign (lemmy.ca)

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

was predicated on observations of how nothing critical could ever be said of Russia.

Well, no, because things critical of Russia absolutist can and are said.

but not the invasion of Ukraine.

Plenty of people would, I certainly do. But the people who don't certainly don't not because they're pro-Putin or anything.

So, it stands to reason since ml is reticent to criticize anything about Russia

We really aren't.

I see a lack of criticism about Trump

How do you see a lack of something? What would be the acceptable amount of criticism for Trump? certainly you won't see anyone there unironically praising him. If there's more criticism of Dems, it's because opposition to Trump is already consensus, so there isn't really more to say about the matter, where as people on Lemmy still have some support for the Dems.

[–] madkins@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you see a lack of something?

In regards to Trump, by measuring it relative to the critiques of other liberals, especially when they are in a race for the US presidency.

If there’s more criticism of Dems, it’s because opposition to Trump is already consensus, so there isn’t really more to say about the matter, where as people on Lemmy still have some support for the Dems.

Extremely well said, and a good point. I'm not sure it explains everything, but it's something I should definitely consider.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Extremely well said, and a good point. I’m not sure it explains everything, but it’s something I should definitely consider.

Keep it in mind and I think you'll find it does a pretty good job explaining everything. Think about it like this: I have never seen a single person who is openly pro-MAGA, I don't know if I've even seen someone who's pro-GOP. On the other end, we've been in this Trump dominated political purgatory for almost a decade. What's the point then, of reiterating criticisms that have been repeated ad-nausea, to a community that universally has already heard them a thousand times and already agrees.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To people who view politics as a spectator sport rather than a power structure for changing the material world, you gotta keep cheering for the home team and booing for the away team, until the end of time.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The treatment of western politics as a spectator sport is so deeply engrained in the culture that it's really hard to even get people to recognize they're doing it.

And it's ironic because I think it's become that way because the political system seems so unresponsive to actual efforts to change the material world, so people need to find a different reason to engage with it.