• Furbag@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Gee, sounds like we should really do everything we can do keep these Republicans out of office then.

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      6 months ago

      Sure. Which leaves us with democrats. Who are the ones currently arming and funding a genocide

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        6 months ago

        So you don’t want Biden, but you don’t want Trump either, but you can’t have it both ways. No matter if you turn out to vote or not, you are getting one of those two choices. That’s a fact. We’re stuck in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Election, and it’s time to decide if we’re going to play the game to win or not.

        There’s far more at stake this year than just the fate of Gaza, but shortsightedness is going to kill us.

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            6 months ago

            How is this minimizing genocide? I’ve acknowledged that it’s a serious problem.

            What’s your solution?

            • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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              6 months ago

              Saying that there’s far more at stake than an ongoing genocide minimizes genocide.

              My solution is to protest as loudly as possible and donate my time, money, and energy to stopping genocide, and not waste anyone’s time by trying to inhumanly minimize genocide.

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                6 months ago

                More than one thing can be true at the same time. Stopping the genocide in Gaza is important. Stopping the rise of fascism in America is important. Stopping the erosion of civil liberties in America is important. Minimizing genocide would be me saying “It’s not that bad”, which I don’t believe is true. It is that bad. I just disagree with the apparent strategy that the nascent leftists have embraced, which is to cut off the nose to spite the face, a strategy that will ultimately end up with a continuation of the status quo at best and risks a rapid acceleration of all of the problems I mentioned above in the worst case scenario.

                By all means, protest and donate your money and time to the effort. That seems to be making an impact to some degree.

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                  6 months ago

                  None of that is going to stop by voting for Biden, lol. We are seeing a rise in fascism, an erosion of civil liberties, and genocide, under Biden. Yes, Trump would probably be worse on some of these aspects, or even all, but we are already well beyond what should be unacceptable.

                  Protesting and donating is doing far more for gazans than sucking up to Biden and minimizing his atrocities ever will, and I say that as someone that will likely still vote for him.

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                    6 months ago

                    We are seeing a rise in fascism, an erosion of civil liberties, and genocide, under Biden.

                    Can you give me some examples of fascist behavior or civil liberty erosion directly caused by Biden’s policies?