Leftists decided punishing Democrats was more important than the rights of marginalized people living in the US, so now we have Trump. Thanks leftists. You’re the reason we will have concentration camps again.
No what you did was tell everyone the emperor should be deeply ashamed for being a disgusting nudist and people should be disgusted by his nudity or they would be immoral themselves, when, for the most part, most people didn’t care about our were unaffected by his nudity. Then people started to feel ashamed and decided not to support the emperor against the fascist dictator.
By implying that voting is a moral obligation, it elevates voting higher than political activism and organization
For the layperson, I think this elevation is mandated.
He was equally alert to the problem of voter fetishism: voters mistakenly thinking the vote is an exercise of power, when in fact power in a capitalist society is collective, social and located largely outside the parliamentary realm. source
I am not a marxist or communist. I am a self-professed and proud liberal, so while I appreciate your good faith reply, I reject your source as a valid authority.
If voting is the end of political participation, the people will always lose.
Unsupported claim. But also I don’t disagree. It’s important to become involved in other ways than just voting. For example running for office at all local levels and becoming a local politician. Neglecting to do this and complaining that there are no good candidates is an exercise in lazy whining. Become the better candidate. Run on your principles.
By holding grudges against Trump voters who regret their vote, we limit our ability to effectively organize against the incoming fascism. I would gladly march alongside anyone who opposes Trump, and I hope you would too.
I don’t think people really have any excuse for being ignorant enough to vote Trump. At some point, individual responsibility comes into play. If such a person takes real action to correct the harm they have done, I may consider forgiving them. But this forgiveness will not come preemptively nor should be expected or taken for granted.
The other problem is that I don’t see these people. I have yet to meet a leftist who is truly sorry about their actions during the election. They’ve dug in on blaming everyone but themselves for the situation that they’ve put us in. Which is why in practice, I cannot forgive my grudges, because they truly are not repentant.
If your choice is between a naked emperor and a fascist dictator and you go around telling everyone to support the fascist dictator because the emperor is naked, you’re responsible if the dictator wins.
Better naked than a fascist.
The solution to incels was femboy waifus all along.
What do you think shitting all over the main Democrat candidate every where you can does to voter turnout? Seriously, you can’t be this righteously stupid.
Congrats. What we have now is your fault.
Funny how this always only applies after the election after things have gone South. Any asks to come together during the election where fighting together actually matters is met with derision and “how will we force DNC to change otherwise?”
I’m done. Dirtbag leftists have shown they are not and never will be real allies. Their naiive ideals and the sound of their own voices are more important to them than the suffering of marginalized communities in the US.
We’re done with you.
People follow decorum because they don’t want to be pieces of shit. So those that don’t are likely to turn out to be pieces of shit. Not “alternative” good guys.
A vote is a preference, a choice. It carries no burden of complicity. This is separate from ideological support. If one voted for Trump, but then regrets that support, they are no longer responsible for Trump’s actions.
Wrong. A vote is an action. And one that has the ability to negatively (or positively) affect others in your sphere.
If you voted for Trump, me and other LGBTQ people are now at immense risk, as are many other populations. Even if you regret your vote you are complicit and have responsibility for the action you took (or didn’t take).
It’s also false to claim that because something is a moral obligation that eliminates freedom of choice. Even if you have a moral obligation you can always choose to do the immoral thing.
These people pretend to be allies until the next election season where when they don’t get exactly what they want, rabidly push everyone to not vote or vote fascist.
What if democracy voted in private power? What do we do then?
I don’t notice anything on Reddit because I never go there anymore. I swear some of y’all treating Reddit like that ex you never shut up about and keep stalking every five minutes to check if their life turned out better than yours.
Edit: My bad guys. Didn’t pay attention to what community this post was in.
I only buy the 20 year old laser printers you can find on Craigslist for $5. I’m never throwing this away.
Brother printers are superior to all other printer manufacturers and this further proves it.
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What would be the motivation then to even start a company/corporation if every time it happens, it is seized and given away?
But that would mean creating new IP! Not to mention you’re dropping something without fully squeezing every last cent from the nostalgia crowd!
It’s cute to pretend it was only happening on Lemmy and Mastodon when in reality your accusations were being amplified in every social media platform including Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, etc. as part of a concerted effort to take down Harris, likely by the rich billionaires who own the algorithms. But all they did was give you a bullhorn. The excoriation was all your own. And you played right into their hands.