PS.

I would for vote Kamala. I would vote for a cactus with sunglasses if it had the Democratic nomination. You would do yourself well to consider anything that is weaking the resolve of the anti-trump sentiment straight poison to your brain. We have only one job this novemeber and that is to stop trump. The Supreme Court has given him the status of king. Quit acting like your vote is sacred and start realizing your vote is your final cry before your rights are forfeited.

  • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    The problem with this meme is that it’s written by a shelter middle class white person. Minorities and poor people HAVE been dying due to Democrats’ capitation and appeasement to Republicans for years now.

    • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      You’re right, minorities and poor people have suffered and some died while Democrats were ostensibly in charge. What do you propose an American does on election day?

      Barring a cataclysmic reordering of American politics, it’s still true that voting for anyone but the Democratic candidate will increase the odds of Trump winning. Trump is a blatant liar, corrupt, rapist, and racist. He’s promised to enact revenge on those he perceives as his enemies, and his proposed policies will cause suffering an order of magnitude more than what is already unjustly inflicted on minorities and the poor.

      It sucks. We should have good candidates to choose from. We should have ranked choice voting and a multi-party system, but we don’t.

      It’s inflicting harm on yourself and many others to do anything other than vote Democrat in November. There’s more we can do than vote, but that’s a bare minimum.

    • rsuri@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      That’s extremely simplistic. The complicated truth is:

      1. It’s a law of political science (Duverger’s specifically) that a first-past-the-post system leads large, mass-appeal parties, and parties that don’t go for mass appeal will fail.
      2. In the US, the political balance is further pushed to the right by a) unequal representation that typically favors rural states and districts, most egregiously in the Senate, and b) denial of representation to particularly blue parts of the country like PR and DC. This means that relative to the country, Democrats cannot be as far left as Republicans are far right and still hold power. This can be observed in the simple fact that in the 21st century, Democrats have won 5/6 national popular votes, but have only controlled the Senate in 4/12 sessions.
      3. From 1 and 2, it follows that Democrats would effectively lose what little political power they have by taking a firm leftist stance, leading to effectively a one-party far right state.
          • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            4 months ago

            Nah, plenty of people besides her say this. You’d know this if you ever actually listened to the minorities you demand blindly vote for you.

              • drislands@lemmy.world
                6·
                4 months ago

                I took a look at their profile. Best as I can tell they’re either a tankie or one of those “both sides” kids. You know the type. Not worth engaging with, IMO.

                • YeetPics@mander.xyz
                  3·
                  4 months ago

                  I feel like both groups fall under the idiotic umbrella of Republican.

                  Idk what tankies have to say about it, they’re cut from the same cloth as the maga chuds.