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Harris pleads with GOP to join her: ‘There is a place for you in this campaign’ (thehill.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I voted blue in 2020 to stop fascism.

Then the guy I voted for did genocide.

Death to America

[–] JoeBigelow -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Then please go somewhere else, I'm working hard to keep something I disagree with because I have the nuance of thought required to understand something as complex as "the lesser of two evils".

Just take your accelerationist shit away, it's unhelpful.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I voted for the lesser of two evils in 2020 and now he's doing a genocide. That's where this strategy has lead us.

I won't do it anymore.

[+] MindTraveller -6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You voted for one genocide instead of two. And it worked. Good job. You helped. Please keep helping.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We're on the brink of fucking WW3

This country must be defeated

[–] JoeBigelow -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yea, the collapse of the American government will definitely prevent a world war and not make it happen faster

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The US is the largest and most belligerent military force on the planet. The only comparable contemporary is Russia, and they're basically just a gas station with guns.

Yes, the defeat of the US will save the world.

[–] MindTraveller -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Insurrection against a liberal government is easier than insurrection against a fascist government. I don't want to have to deal with Trump's Proud Boy Gestapo on top of all the challenges the revolution already faces.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember Trump’s Proud Boy Gestapo killing everyone during the 2020 BLM uprising.

[–] MindTraveller -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/trump-speech-no-need-to-vote-future

“You know what? It’ll be fixed! It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians,” he said with a slight shake of his head and his right hand pressed against the left side of his chest.
He added: “I love you. Get out – you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.”
Trump’s remarks – delivered not far from his Mar-a-Lago resort and home – were immediately met with consternation in some political quarters.
The constitutional and civil rights attorney Andrew Seidel, for instance, replied to video of Trump’s comments circulating on X by writing: “This is not subtle Christian nationalism. He’s talking about ending our democracy and installing a Christian nation.”

The stakes are a little higher this time than in 2016. The plan is bolder. The future will not be like the past.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The plan is bolder, the planner is older and more unpopular than he has ever been. He can say whatever he wants, this is literally a fantasy of a dying old man.

The future will not be the past, but it rhymes. The plan is bolder, and the resistance will be bolder too. The potential for Trump to become a dictator is far less than the potential for the People to defeat him. I want you to seriously think about what you are going to do when he steals the election.

And I will not be scared and threatened into into voting for genocide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like this is shaping up to be the Most Important Election in our Lifetime!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

They say this every four years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

When you keep voting lesser evil for decades, you end up with full-blown evil...