• @AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf
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    This shit is so fucking lazy.

    Biden enacted plenty of progressive asks during his term. Harris outlined plenty of progressive asks in her campaign as well.

    Just because it wasn’t 100% of what YOU personally wanted doesn’t mean it wasn’t good legislation.

    Hope none of your family dies because of this, because if they do it’s on you, mr protest voter.

    • @RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee
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      Biden? Progressive? lol that’s funny

      The Democrats fumbled appealing to progressives, independents, and undecided voters. That’s a lot more that just one guy you are responding to

      • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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        Biden? Progressive? lol that’s funny

        Can I give you a pro life tip?

        Let people wonder whether you’re dumb or not. Don’t prove to them that you are.

        Biden was one of, if not the most progressive president, in our lifetimes. That is a FACT.

        But of course you don’t know that.

        The Democrats fumbled appealing to progressives, independents, and undecided voters.

        By running on universal healthcare and taxing the rich? No, Republicans ran the most effective propaganda campaign in the history of this country (with the help of Russian disinformation) and it worked, because Americans are braindead stupid.

    • @LotrOrc@lemmy.world
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      Funny how Biden brought up price gouging but then never acted on it

      Funny how they brought up corporations buying elections and then never acted on it.

      Funny how they could have enshrined abortion or medicaid into law and decided not to because they couldn’t even get their own house together to vote for it because they’re all paid for by corporations and Israel.

      Funny how they couldn’t do the basic moral thing and not finance fully a genocide.

      Funny how they didnt reach across to any left leaning voters but instead paraded around a family of genocidaires. Funny how they kept leaping to the right instead of even trying to stay as a democratic party.

      Funny how they’ve rigged their own elections since Obama in 08.

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      They were quite literally funding a genocide and then somehow thought pointing out [the very real] fascist intent of the Republican plans would play in their favor.

      Edit: it seems none of you have understood my point.

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          At no point did I say Republicans were not also backing genocide. Only that, maybe, just maybe, Democrats could have NOT done so, to give people an actual choice on that issue.

          I understand you prefer binary arguments where saying one bad thing about someone automatically means the opponent has to be good on that topic, but the world doesn’t work like that.

          • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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            Only that, maybe, just maybe, Democrats could have NOT done so

            Like, do you not grasp that international relations is a thing?

            Do you not fathom that when an important ally, the most important in the Middle East, ramps up a conflict they’ve had with another nation for our entire lives, that it’s not exactly a simple subject? That you can’t just say “Welp, you’re being mean to someone else, so fuck you our relationship is over”?

            Biden repeatedly spoke out against Netanyahu’s tactics. He started threatening to hold up arms shipments and impose sanctions. These are the proper steps to take before resorting to losing one of your most important allies.

            Then Americans chose fascism and now the situation is much worse.

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            Dude they want to nuke Gaza, while Biden was pushing for peace. But to you it’s all the same and “b b b b both sides same”. This is why you project “you prefer binary arguments”. Ciao.

            • @AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf
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              They literally refuse to admit that an entire apparatus of a party wanting something, and then a handful of members wanting something of another party are not the same.

              Then they have the gall to complain that the democrats didn’t personally promise them a pony and a unicorn so they didn’t vote.

    • @krashmo@lemmy.world
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      The percentage of people who don’t vote hasn’t changed much in 100 years. Call them lazy, uneducated, apathetic, etc, it makes no difference. They don’t vote and that’s all there is to be said about it. If you’re waiting around for them to start voting for your preferred candidate you’re going to be waiting for the rest of your life. Stop talking about them and start making other plans.

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        There is plenty of discussion how this last election people didn’t move rightwards, they moved couchwards. The absolute numbers voting for president went down substantially. I bet a good number of those were protest non voters.

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          And it swung the 2020 election. Biden still holds the record for the most votes of any president ever, Trump was number 2 for the most votes ever in that same election.

          You cannot swing for the center and hope to flip some republicans. They vote on a single issue, and that issue is usually, “who will hurt the people I hate most”. They like to play it off as “Fiscally republican” or some other shit, but it’s all lies and falls apart if you pull on the threads of their reasoning.

        • @LotrOrc@lemmy.world
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          Yeah maybe its the job of the politicians to go out and get peoples votes and listen to what they’re concerned about rather than just sitting there saying well you have to vote for us cuz that guys worse

          • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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            They ran on universal healthcare and taxing the rich. Their sitting president was one of, if not the most, progressive president in our lifetimes with a strong economic recovery record. They even listened when their base told them Biden was too old and gave them a younger candidate.

            Just admit that the dumbfucks that voted 3rd party or didn’t vote were single issue losers who couldn’t see the forest for the trees and now we have fascism in America.

      • @Smoogs@lemmy.world
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        Like another plan like move out of the country to somewhere smart ?

        so only non voters and MAGATS are left behind to shoot them selves in the foot

        I think they are already doing that.

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      Biden butchered children by the tens of thousands. I want to fucking die because I voted for that monster.

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            And now thankfully Trump has stopped the genocide, oh wait he accelerated it.

            With Kamala there was a chance things would have changed. The dems were at least applying pressure to Israel to find a resolution. I have plenty of criticisms and am pissed we spent tax dollars arming Israel.

            However, now our government is enthusiastically supporting the elimination of Gaza. So yeah that didn’t pan out

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              My point was maybe Democrats could have differentiated themselves a bit better by NOT BACKING A GENOCIDE like the Republicans were very willing to do.

              People stayed home because the choice between some genocide and genocide isn’t a compelling one. But democratic leadership is bought and paid for by AIPAC

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                Who wanted a ceasefire? Harris.

                Who wants to nuke Gaza. Republicans.

                You: They’re both the same, I’m gonna stand in the corner and not stop the nuking of Gaza.

              • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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                My point was maybe Democrats could have differentiated themselves a bit better by NOT BACKING A GENOCIDE like the Republicans were very willing to do.

                Maybe Americans had a responsibility to prevent fascists who were very open about their fascism from taking total control of our government and accelerating the genocide in Gaza.

                Nah, let’s place all the blame on Democrats instead of Americans. It’s easier.

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                Sure, Israel was also a long time ally who suffered a brutal terrorist attack in October. Maybe geopolitics is more complex that “Biden is commiting a genocide!!1!”.

                Before you get too out to touch, I’ll say that any aid to Israel should have been conditional, and we should have stationed Americans relief workers in refugee camps and safe zones to stop Israel from indiscriminately bombing them.

      • “Queermunist”, implying you are both queer and communist.

        Mate you… you know you are the first group of people the turd wants to get rid of?

        You deserve what’s coming for you, because you are the one asking for it, so when they come for you (because, unless there’s a very significant change, it’s not an if but a when), remember that you voted for it.

        • queermunist she/her
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          Imagine telling a minority “you deserve to be killed by fascists because you didn’t vote for my preferred candidate.”

          It’s like they say! Scratch a liberal…

          • @AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf
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            Imagine telling someone you’re fine with queer people being killed at home, because you’re so entitled that you sat out to defend those people.

            • queermunist she/her
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              Did I say I was fine with this? I just believe we can do things other than wait for the next election to stop it from happening. Get organized, get a gun, and get ready.

              Are you going to act? Or are you going to sit on your ass and wait for another election that is never going to come?

              Because if you’re waiting for the next election to stop fascism you are going to lose.

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                  Talking about what? Owning a gun is a right! I certainly would never use it for anything other than paper target shooting on a gun range.

                  That’s all paper ballots are good for - target practice.

                  But it’s not bad opsec to tell people to buy guns. That’s just sensible. The people without guns are the ones that are targeted first .

          • @arrow74@lemm.ee
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            It’s called self preservation and acknowledging that America’s voting system is fundamentally flawed. You vote for harm reduction not perfection.

            It’s easier to fight against the genocide in Israel when you’re not under a fascist government in your own country

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              I refuse to choose genocide for self preservation.

              In fact, I kind of want to die just for my role as a passive participant in the genocide. I think about Aaron Bushnell a lot.

              • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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                I refuse to choose genocide for self preservation.

                Then you’ll get fascism at home. And did.

                I kind of want to die just for my role as a passive participant in the genocide.

                You sound like kind of a fool.

              • @arrow74@lemm.ee
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                So by not wanting to be complicit in one genocide you allowed fascism to rise and now are unwilling complicit in more crimes against humanity.

                Harm reduction is a simple concept

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              I live in a red state, my vote doesn’t even fucking count in this shit hole country.

              Don’t be so modest, you’re excited for me to get murdered for being disobedient. That’s why you won’t lift a finger to resist fascism. Voting is the limit of your participation in politics and you aren’t going to be allowed to vote fascist away.

              I won’t be surprised when volunteer to be one of the camp guards because you think you can change the system from the inside.

              • I’m not even american. And every time I can vote, I do against fascism. Because if I have to choose between a literal nazi and someone who’s imperfect but it’s not a nazi, I kinda prefer to be governed by the one that’s not a nazi.

                And since we are talking about genocide: remember that the turd YOU helped putting in the white house is allowing the zionazi to run wild and even think of annexing Gaza (after “cleansing” it).

              • @DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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                I live in a red state, my vote doesn’t even fucking count in this shit hole country.

                Loser attitude.

                Don’t be so modest, you’re excited for me to get murdered for being disobedient.

                Whiny bitch attitude.

                That’s why you won’t lift a finger to resist fascism.

                We voted against it, dipshit. Stop trying to goad others into taking physical action when you’re too much of a pussy to do it yourself.

                Stop typing. The more you type, the more of a fool you make yourself out to be.

      • @dickalan@lemmy.world
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        Please tell me how Trump is any measure in comparison to Biden, go ahead, I’ll wait, you’re so full of shit. It’s leaking out your ears.

      • @Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
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        Yeah, he personally turned 26487 children into various meat products for the whit house barbecue. He’s a surprisingly good chef, though. Those spare ribs were the best I ever had.

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          He personally ensured Israel had the bombs and international legal protection necessary to murder all those children. He did everything he could to guarantee those children died in twisted shieking agony. In fact, many of them did burn to death and he his personally responsible for cooking them alive.

          Let me put it this way: I don’t feel like I deserve to live anymore for my role in the genocide.

          Do you feel innocent?

          • @supernight52@lemmy.world
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            Do you feel innocent?

            Yes. Because our 2 options were a fascist, and a Liberal. Liberals may suck, but they can be worked with, and reasoned with. Fascists don’t have that perk.

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              Liberals are just fascists with better PR. They absolutely cannot be reasoned with, as evidenced by the democrats being exactly as complicit in the genocide as the republicans. No reasoning has managed to convince that party that Palestine deserves to exist.

              Just admit what you really mean:

              “The democrats may be just as genocidal outside of our country, but at least they’re not genociding inside our country like the republicans would”.

              Or, put simply, “the democrats are evil in a way that doesn’t impact me”.

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                Liberals are just fascists with better PR.

                Can you type more stupid clown comments so I can put them on my Wall of Stupid Clown Comments?

                democrats being exactly as complicit in the genocide as the republicans

                Weird. I remember Biden repeatedly expressing that he didn’t like Netanyahu’s tactics, then threatening to stop arms shipments and impose sanctions. I also remember Trump regularly fellating Netanyahu and saying he wants to kick Palestinians out to build a fucking resort.

                Herp derp, both duh same.

                but at least they’re not genociding inside our country like the republicans would”.

                Yeah, I would actually very much prefer a party that doesn’t genocide in our own country. That sounds way preferential than genocide in our country.

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                  Of course it’s preferable, but don’t pretend like it’s a good choice in any respect other than not literally being the worst

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                    Hard to “fall” for something that isn’t there. You’re just making the statement that Liberals=Fascists, when you’re factually wrong. Please go to any Poli-sci course, and you will learn. Alternatively, you could just not comment when you’re uninformed. Sorry to hear about your TBE.

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      Because Joe “nothing would fundamentally change” Biden was so progressive.

      Hope none of your family died in the years before Trump like the hundreds of thousands of others who die each year from easily fixable causes but weren’t because they lived in status quo America.

      Quick question, do you in any way shape or form hold the Democratic party responsible for their performance at the polls?

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        Because Joe “nothing would fundamentally change” Biden was so progressive.

        Are you stupid? His legislation was VERY progressive. Guy was even the first president IN HISTORY to forgive student loans and to stand on a picket line with striking workers.

        do you in any way shape or form hold the Democratic party responsible for their performance at the polls?

        Yes, but not even close to as responsible as I hold American voters for failing their civic duty.

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        How many billions of dollars in student loan debt did Biden cancel? How much more would have been cancelled if the supreme court didn’t act in a blatantly partisan manner?

        Yeah, I do hold them responsible. Shumer shouldn’t be in leadership and AOC should be on every high profile committee there is.

        Not voting solves nothing. You know how you get more progressive legislation passed? By voting for the party that has progressives in it. That’s how. More democrats means more people like AOC. It doesn’t fucking matter if your personal rep is a god damned blue dog if it means there’s one less republican in congress.

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          How many billions in student loan debt did Biden create by helping establish the predatory student-loan system as it currently exists?