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[–] mstrk@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Honestly, I read this thread and can't comprehend how a civilization as advanced as the United States of America thinks that defending a binary choice of democracy is a good thing to do... It's impossible to represent a country with a few million people like that, imagine ~300M. Anyway, keep going at each other's throats for your party color... smh.

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[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago (20 children)

It's kind of why we need Ranked Choice Voting.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i live somewhere with mandatory voting, and have looked into places with ranked choice. it doesnt do much.

the problem is capitalism and the rich's interests being paid for instead of ours. not how the ballots are made or counted.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Americans think their favorite political sports team cares about them like the stripper actually loved them. No, you just gave them what they wanted and as soon as you're out of sight, they'll forget you and keep doing their job.

For strippers it's doing a workout for a living and being proud of their bodies. For politicians it's gaslighting the public into thinking they're the good guys as they socially murder at home and sweep up blood abroad.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (51 children)

here's an example for you to drive home why sentiment like this is dumb and creates false equivalencies. when I was 14, I worked at a grocery store. there were two managers that I would get scheduled with. they both sucked and were awful human beings. however, one was a known child predator. which one do you think I'd rather get scheduled with?

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[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

funniest comment section of all time. my country truly will never change for the better.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago

I, John Brown, am now quite certain, that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with blood.

He did know that already in 1859

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The problem of the US is, it is an neo-liberal feudalism with the right to vote between right wing and far right wing to be able to label it as democracy which it never really was. You have the choice to get fucked with or without lubrication, currently the last one.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago (18 children)

bUt iT's bEtTeR WhEn dEmOcRaTs aRe iN CoNtRoL BeCaUsE ThErE's nO FaCiSm!1!1

[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I learned from looking at this thread logged out on lemmy.ml that libs would prefer a single party state. I must mean they finally see the Chinese point of view LOL

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (18 children)

One side are literal fascists and the other is not. Nothing else matters compared to that.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Why did the Biden regime give $18B to Israel to help murder Palestinian civilians?

Can you answer for any of Obama's equally vicious war crimes?

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 week ago

One side are literal fascists and the other is the former's enables.

FTFY

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (11 children)

both sides are literally fascist. one is just covert about it.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

But their tolerance for making you suffer differs significantly.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago
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