That’s like saying
“Nazism is a system and just that, it has no moral, therefore cannot be evil.”
or
“The Transatlantic slave trade is a system and just that, it has no moral, therefore cannot be evil.”
What are you talking about? Systems are created by people; they don’t just pop into existence.
if it truly were a perfect reign I wouldn’t mind at all
You wouldn’t care about somebody else having total control over you?
I’m sorry Biden/Harris didn’t sweep us off our feet,
My sister in Satan…they enabled a genocide.
but we deserve this.
You do. I don’t.
Have you been paying attention? Like, at all? They fundraise on that shit.
They’re afraid of losing their jobs, though. If you can credibly threaten to primary them, they’ll act.
Trump is a lot of things, but he definitely isn’t a status quo politician.
I still remember the full-on panic mode people were in when it looked like Bernie might clinch the nomination in 2020. So absurd, but that’s what happens when the ruling class is afraid that they might have to pay higher taxes.
I have a feeling Norman Mailer would’ve had a different opinion if he were, say, an African-American man. Or a trans woman. Or any of a number of other marginalized groups.
There’s this amazing invention; it’s called “wash your vegetables”.
You’re going to have to explain this convoluted logic to your grandchildren when they ask you why you voted for genocide.
So, what do you think is happening in Palestine? In Lebanon?
Maybe it’s not very addictive for you. It is for most people.
The way you are with coffee is the way I am with nicotine. I’ve smoked. I’ve quit smoking. I’ve started again. The most craving I’ve gotten for a cigarette was incredibly mild. Once I read that nicotine could trigger certain diseases that run in my family, I quit tobacco completely and I’ve never looked back. I haven’t had a cigarette in about 18 years, and quitting was trivially easy for me.
Based on this, I could say “Cigarettes aren’t very addictive. They’re easy to quit!” And of course, I’d be dead wrong.
What’s with the focus on Jill Stein?
She makes Harris look bad.
It almost seems artificial, like the redditors all collected here with all the hivemind weirdness and astroturfing.
Because, of course, that’s exactly what did happen. Lemmy isn’t quite as bad as reddit (yet), but they’re working hard to make it that way.
I still remember back in January? February? Libs were telling me that Gaza wouldn’t be a factor in this election, because nobody really cared.
That’s a really elaborate way to say “I support genocide”.
Oh, good. I’m sure that we’ll never have another corrupt president, so there’s absolutely no need to worry!
It’s why the US killed a half million middle eastern people after 9/11
Which was wrong.
It’s why people are praising Ukraine for invading Russia back
How is this different from what Hamas did on Oct. 7th?
It’s why nobody cries about all the dead Nazi’s
The Allies did not commit genocide on the Germans during WWII. The Germans were committing a genocide, and the Allies were stopping them.
This is peak whataboutism.
Did you demand they stop funding attacks after the half million middle eastern civilians were killed by allied forces during the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq?
Yes, I did, actually. In fact, I did that before a half million were killed. I was always against both wars. What’s your point?
Do you demand they stop funding Ukraine because it’s now invading Russia?
No, because Russia is the aggressor here. Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Just like Palestine would be if not for Israel.
Huh. Interesting. Do you know any WWII scholars who will back you up on this?