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[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 158 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anyone else notice how quiet the bOtH siDEs camp is on articles like this? Seems they only like to talk about how bad both sides are when Biden is the subject being discussed- but when any of the right wing lunacy is brought up, they’re vapor.

This is a very clear indication as to what their motives are here.

VOTE LIKE LIVES DEPEND ON IT. There are a lot of people here hoping you don’t so that Trump can win November. Don’t give this to them!

[-] WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world 87 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s because they are righties posing as lefties or straight up from troll farms. The billionaire class along with Russia and China - all have a vested interest in seeing Biden fail. Trump serves their interests.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 months ago

Don't forget Israel. Netanyahu would love to get Trump back so he can show the world what a genocide actually looks like.

The tankie trolls don't even realize they've gone full mossad. Useful idiots.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

Bingo. And they think people are falling for that bullshit. More than likely what’s happening is they’re all just bullshitting one another without even being aware of it.

[-] WhatIsThePointAnyway@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Sadly, the way the electoral college works, they only have to convince a few thousand people in key states and it could swing things hard. Trump has a basically bulletproof lock on his base, so this kind of Biden bashing is only going to pick up to try to sway people who likely aren’t paying that much attention. The right is throwing everything they can at this election. It’s worse than 2016 when Trump was a wild card. They are more organized and dangerous this time.

[-] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

This is important. Our system is so fucked that the only votes that matter are a few thousand people in a few swing states.

Let that sink in for a minute. A few thousand people, in a country of 340 million, will decide if we have a boring, mildly effective hypocrite as president or a raging racist rapist bent on our collective destruction. I’m not telling people to stay home, every single person who is able, should vote for Biden. But 99% of our presidential votes are meaningless.

The electoral college has got to go. Reminder that the last republican to win the popular vote in a presidential election was George W. Bush in 2004, and that was almost certainly because of 9/11. Extreme right-wing ideas are not popular with the majority of Americans, but the system is set up so the crazies get to grab power anyway. Minority rule is the antithesis of what this place is supposed to be about.

[-] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

it would be a shame if a bunch of conservative voters in those swing states just had sudden, untimely demises before the election.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The point is to keep a rolling discussion. If people see something enough it enters the zeitgeist. As demonstrated when I introduced some nuanced memes to the meme community's and was immediately banned.

The troll farms know how to control the discussion and lemmy is just another the_donald but now they let past the filter some discussion because they need an audience before they can subjugate them.

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