• random@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    this meme is true, but in a different way than intended: it says, that you always should vote the lesser evil, since else the lesser evil will become more and more evil

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Not what it says at all, but not surprised that’s how libs who have been doing this would interpret it. How’s that been working out for you by the way?

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        not a lib, just think that we should always vote the lesser evil, even if it isn’t good. also the time isn’t ripe for a revolution yet, and, no offense, even if it was, what have you been doing to change society?

        also how has what been working out for me?

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          Nobody was talking about time being ripe for any revolution. The point of the meme is that voting is a very limited form of political participation that can’t solve underlying problems on its own. How has the strategy of voting for lesser evil been working out for you.

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            compared to voting more extreme parties not bad actually, the last time I voted the communist party it didn’t even get into parliment and I don’t think it will next time

            or are we talking about voting in generall?

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        winning isn’t just winning an election, also, do you think the dems would have gotten more right wing, if the polls said something like 60% for them?

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          The Dems won many elections and still moved right. And yes, the Dems would get more right wing if they could get away with it.

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            I think they moved right, because they couldn’t compete against trump, obama for example was a pretty good start if you ask me

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              They competed against Trump in 2020 and ran a more progressive campaign, and won. They competed against Trump in 2024 and ran a genocidal campaign that paraded around warmongers like Liz Cheney, and lost even the popular vote.

              Obama is the premier example of a warmongering neoliberal that could perfectly orate for progressive voters despite his actual policy, both domestic and foreign.