• Omega@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Either way, change is needed. And electing a fascist is going to make change more difficult.

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      1 month ago

      Would you rather push a boulder up a hill… or up a sheer cliff face while stormtroopers at the top are shooting at you and rounding up everyone who could help and putting them in camps?

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      1 month ago

      Kamala is a fascist currently committing genocide.

      Trump is also fascist.

      The system is working exactly as intended and must be destroyed.

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        Trump wants to get rid of your ability to choose. Kamala doesn’t.

        Trump wants them to ramp up the collateral damage. He WILL make it worse. Kamala wants a ceasefire.

        If you want the system to change, vote for Kamala and then convince people it needs to change.

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          1 month ago

          That puts you in the top image of the meme saying “the system is broken and must be fixed”

          But I’ve been here before which is why I’m in the bottom image.

          There is no “vote for lesser evil then work from the inside to make change” All that leads to is an even worse lesser evil next time around

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            There is no “vote for lesser evil then work from the inside to make change” All that leads to is an even worse lesser evil next time around

            That’s literally what happens when you break the system. You think it’s going to get better when Trump has no restrictions? Or when the next Republican is actually malevolent instead of just petty and opportunistic?

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    I’ve come back around to the thought that even by the metric of working as intended, the system is broken

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    There is no perfect system, every system needs to be fought over, lest it gets overtaken by those working against you. Destroying the current system also destroys every benefit you already fought for.

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    Yeah, but if you want to destroy the system you need to have the military on your side, and they won’t be, which means you’ll need to actually defeat them, which isn’t likely, unless you take a lot of bases… with an already existing trained force… all at exactly the same time… with a huge force… of loyal, extremely secretive, organized, huge, military…

    Look, maybe if you’re A LOT more politically involved. Like running for office involved and you really work those wheels of progress things can gradually be improved. Seems less fantastical.

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    Capitalism will never be destroyed. Too many settlers would rather be in the middle class than stop it.