• samus12345@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It seems that many of them know that Trump is worse, but think that sticking to ideals and voting for a non-viable candidate (or not voting at all) is somehow the best course of action. Republicans count on people like that to win. Fascists don’t give a fuck how they get into power, as long as they do.

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      1 year ago

      Republicans count on people like that to win.

      Republicans have lost more than one Senate seat because they ran zealous nutbag losers in safe elections and pissed off moderates.

      I’m not sure why Democrats get to run pro-war Zionists and Blue Lives fascists, free from the fear that they’ll suffer the same fate.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but the problem is we live in at least a pro-fascist state if not a fascist state already. So convincing people who realize this to vote for the guy who has been voting for fascist policies for decades (as well as some progressive ones, for those who will say I’m ignoring the “good” he’s done) and is actively supporting genocide not just in policy but in his statements and apparently beliefs is going to be pretty tough. It’s not just about voting “not Trump” anymore, people also want to vote “not Biden”.

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        1 year ago

        If you’re going to call Biden a fascist, the word really does mean “anything I don’t like”.

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            1 year ago

            If someone is being accused of voting for fascist policies, it’s reasonable to assume they are being accused of being a fascist.

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              1 year ago

              While I would call Biden a fascist (and I do), your logic doesn’t follow. Would I call every Biden voter a fascist? No. Fascist apologist or enabler, maybe.

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                1 year ago

                Apparently it did because you tried to say you didn’t call him that 40 minutes ago. Glad we could clear it up, it wasn’t that hard.