You mean the thing that got rigged in 2016 or the thing where the popular candidate got ratfucked in 2020 or the thing that we didnt have in 2024?
Or do you mean the thing we had in 2012 and 2008 with a candidate who ran on a faux-leftist platform he then abandoned? Or do you mean the thing in 2004 where mainstream media and the DNC conspired to run the popular anti-war candidate into the ground over a nothing-burger or the thing in 2000 where the democratic party showed it was completely unwilling to stand up against blatant election fraud?
Right, so the thing that can’t be done? You just agreed that the primaries are rigged, so voting for progressives do not matter.
Sweet, so we agree, in your worldview there is nothing to do. Might as well lie down and give up, the way you view the world.
You can either vote for democrats, which you’ve agreed is pointless because the democrats that aren’t just republicans get ratfucked, or you can do nothing at all - in your worldview. Both of the actions has the same end result, following the line of reasoning that has been established with you through this comment section.
On top of all that: Your whole argument is built on a false dilemma and a misrepresentation of what leftists are arguing.
Do you prefer the 2.8B in bombs we just sent to Israel?
Democrat voters the second they’re not the ones bombing brown people: genocide is bad, actually.
No, my whole argument is based on the reality that option b is trump, and option c does not exist. You can convince me that democrats are barely better than trump, sure. Option b is trump. Barely better than trump is better than trump. Barely, but better.
I mean, if you like trump, then just own it. Wear that maga hat proud.
Oh so there’s only two political parties in the US and the only viable tools you have is to vote for one of them?
When it comes to voting, yes.
Oh, you think by voting that means you cannot do anything else? One track mind, I guess. Like they say: If I can’t trust you to vote, I definitely can’t trust you to help out in any meaningful way.
Actually no. Especially not if one were to actually ascribe to your line of thinking. The point of voting for democrats is to slowly move US electoral politics to the left.
It has been shown, time and again, that the democratic party only moves further right, no matter if they win or lose.
If one believes in electorialism as a vector of promoting leftist politics in the us through slow, incremental, change, then it is clear that one ought to vote for a leftist third party. This would of course not have immediate results, but that is, by your line of reasoning, not something that is achievable anyway. What is achievable, through your reasoning is a long term change. Long term change would most effectively be done by creating a viable third party. The only way to do so is to vote for a third party.
If you are arguing that the issues are more urgent and not something that can be dealt with over a longer period, then we must also dismiss the argument that the democrats are in any way a viable party, since the argument of voting for them likewise rests on this idea of long term electoral change.
Oh, you think by voting that means you cannot do anything else?
Not at all, but that seems to be what you think, since your immediate reaction to being told that voting for democrats is, at best, pointless, is to say “oh, so we should just do nothing?”
Why would they listen to you? You will vote for them anyway. How hard is it for dems to not be war criminals?
Because here in the modern world, we have primaries.
You mean the thing that got rigged in 2016 or the thing where the popular candidate got ratfucked in 2020 or the thing that we didnt have in 2024?
Or do you mean the thing we had in 2012 and 2008 with a candidate who ran on a faux-leftist platform he then abandoned? Or do you mean the thing in 2004 where mainstream media and the DNC conspired to run the popular anti-war candidate into the ground over a nothing-burger or the thing in 2000 where the democratic party showed it was completely unwilling to stand up against blatant election fraud?
Yep! That thing. The thing that is the alternative to Trump.
Do you prefer Trump? Do you prefer the 2.8B in bombs we just sent to Israel?
Right, so the thing that can’t be done? You just agreed that the primaries are rigged, so voting for progressives do not matter.
Sweet, so we agree, in your worldview there is nothing to do. Might as well lie down and give up, the way you view the world.
You can either vote for democrats, which you’ve agreed is pointless because the democrats that aren’t just republicans get ratfucked, or you can do nothing at all - in your worldview. Both of the actions has the same end result, following the line of reasoning that has been established with you through this comment section.
On top of all that: Your whole argument is built on a false dilemma and a misrepresentation of what leftists are arguing.
Democrat voters the second they’re not the ones bombing brown people: genocide is bad, actually.
No, my whole argument is based on the reality that option b is trump, and option c does not exist. You can convince me that democrats are barely better than trump, sure. Option b is trump. Barely better than trump is better than trump. Barely, but better.
I mean, if you like trump, then just own it. Wear that maga hat proud.
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When it comes to voting, yes.
Oh, you think by voting that means you cannot do anything else? One track mind, I guess. Like they say: If I can’t trust you to vote, I definitely can’t trust you to help out in any meaningful way.
Actually no. Especially not if one were to actually ascribe to your line of thinking. The point of voting for democrats is to slowly move US electoral politics to the left.
It has been shown, time and again, that the democratic party only moves further right, no matter if they win or lose.
If one believes in electorialism as a vector of promoting leftist politics in the us through slow, incremental, change, then it is clear that one ought to vote for a leftist third party. This would of course not have immediate results, but that is, by your line of reasoning, not something that is achievable anyway. What is achievable, through your reasoning is a long term change. Long term change would most effectively be done by creating a viable third party. The only way to do so is to vote for a third party.
If you are arguing that the issues are more urgent and not something that can be dealt with over a longer period, then we must also dismiss the argument that the democrats are in any way a viable party, since the argument of voting for them likewise rests on this idea of long term electoral change.
Not at all, but that seems to be what you think, since your immediate reaction to being told that voting for democrats is, at best, pointless, is to say “oh, so we should just do nothing?”
You will still complain when people would not vote for the popular candidate
It sucks that the invented reality you came up with hurt your feelings, but that’s not my problem.