You’ve side stepped my key points, so I’ll ask them directly.
Do you prefer Trump or the Dems?
Do you see any realistic alternative to the Dems and Trump?
By all means, send Biden to the ICC later, but the current situation cannot continue. No aid is getting in. This is about as bad as it gets. There are millions of Gazans at risk right now. Are you happy with this situation right now?
I didn’t side step shit, you just missed the entire point of my comment.
My position has been consistent for months.
https://lemmy.world/comment/13374059
https://lemmy.world/comment/13088061
Do you prefer Trump or the Dems?
I support progressives. I don’t prefer any form of fascism. I vote Dem out of harm reduction, but I have no illusions about the fascism that has become baked into even the Democratic Party, the party that is supposed to represent the working class and be an opposition to fascism.
Do you see any realistic alternative to the Dems and Trump?
The avenues are a dramatic shift of the Democratic Party from neoliberalism and corporate interests to progressive policies and Democratic socialism, one the establishment Democrats are fighting against tooth and nail; or armed struggle. I support all avenues of opposition to fascism, from legislative to armed revolution.
Are you happy with this situation right now?
Why the fuck would I be happy about genocide and fascism??? If you took a glance at my output on Lemmy and somehow came to that conclusion, you need help.
Instead of trying to understand my point, you cynically try to use the genocide as a ‘gotcha’ which is so incredibly fucking gross and inhumane.
Delayed response, but I was pleasantly surprised by your pragmatism. The vibe I got from your previous posts was very different. Many on Lemmy could not demonstrate the same level of pragmatism when it really counts and sometimes it’s easy to conclude that here.
I will say, anyone that believes the Democratic party is supposed to represent the working class is probably being a little naive in that instance. It’s been captured by corporate interests for a long time. It’s just less shit version of corporate interests. I’m not even from the US, but I’d still vote for them if I was. Of course, primaries are a good way to apply pressure.
Things could have been very different on many things if Bernie won.
Thanks, I have also noticed that many are uninterested in the nuance, especially during the election cycle. Many are committed to the team sports aspect and consider any criticism of the Dem party or their positions to be tantamount to betrayal, as if those criticisms must come from some secret conservative or Russian operative masquerading as a progressive.
I also noticed progressives that would refuse to vote Dem for their pro-genocide stance, which I find completely understandable. However, just as the Dems were ignoring the grassroots pressure during the primary, they would also completely ignore any and all protest votes. Harm reduction is the only argument for voting Dem regardless of their right-wing stance on certain issues (foreign policy, immigration), which is a correct argument and why I advocated for others to vote Dem regardless.
But this argument also only works for some high propensity voters who do get the pragmatism of the situation. I noticed many were unwilling to accept that the vast majority of the voter population don’t vote like that, and are unable to be convinced to vote that way.
They need a strong stance on policy that benefit them in some way, more of the status-quo will never cut it when the majority of people are fed up with the status-quo. It’s a systemic issue. Besides the voter suppression aspect, it’s entirely on the campaign to make those strong popular stances on policy. Door knockers can’t outflank the top-line messaging. And yeah, it all goes back to the party being captured by corporate interests. It’s just irritating to see people focus the blame on voters instead of the administration.
People voting against their self-interest is as old as voting itself. People need to be convicted and captivated. This is why I try to stress how the only effective counter to Right Populism is Left Populism. Once populism is on the rise, those are the only options to mobilize. As the Dems continue to ignore left populism, right populism is the only avenue available for people to channel their frustrations with the status-quo towards. Yet, all it’ll take to turn the tide in a massive way, is that Left Populist candidate. I have my hopes on AOC. But if the party continues to side line her, I can’t see any electoral way out of fascism. At some point, it will no longer be an option.
That’s also why I extend my support to both electoral reform and armed struggle. Not because armed struggle is preferred, it’s a last resort; but after learning the history of anti colonialism in the global south, armed struggle cannot be ignored. I’m glad I’ve come across the works of Franz Fanon. His works have opened my understanding of many things I wouldn’t have even questioned seeing things from a western lenses.
