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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (9 children)

But you better vote for centrist genocider corporatists (who hate you) in the next election, or the centrist commenters on lemmy will NEVER FORGIVE YOU.

*eyeroll

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah, until the revolution is televised you can only choose the least evil.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And the margin between greatest and least evil will continue to narrow.

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

Yet it is still prudent to vote for the least one.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Not if the centrists can yank endorsements from popular progressives. It, worse still, actively collaborate with fascists to remove them.

Choosing between Hitler and Himmler is no choice

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry but calling Republicans and Democrats Hitler and Himmler is not reflective of reality and honestly pretty deranged. There is a choice, and it's clear which is more damaging.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

calling Republicans and Democrats Hitler and Himmler is not reflective of reality

When to parties endorse the same Holocaust? What other parallel am I supposed to draw?

Maybe Naftali Bennett and Benjamin Netanyahu?

There is a choice, and it’s clear which is more damaging.

The difference between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats is that Democrats are "civil" to Republican elites and Republicans don't return the favor.

For everyone else, it's the same boot on your neck. The same wars overseas. The same prisons at home. The same police getting another big pay increase to harass homeless people. The same bailouts for banks and the tech sector.

Dems couldn't even close the torture prison at Guantanamo Bay. They just had to keep brutalizing people, indefinitely.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I am somehow directly responsible for the defeat of every moderate chump, but utterly superfluous to every victory

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