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[–] bear 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Me, watching people die: "Don't look at me, I voted for the guy that got 0.5%, my hands are clean"

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

imagine thinking it's ok to vote for genocide on the premise that it's going to happen whether you vote for it or not. imagine: voting for genocide.

[–] bear 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm not voting for genocide, I'm voting against the genocide getting worse. But again, you value this reactionary notion of purity more than you value the lives of the victims you could have saved. It's all about how it makes you feel, not about having an actual impact.

There are two choices, I will vote for the one that results in the least people dying, instead of acting pompous and self-important. I will then begin working to make the next choice more in our favor. And I will keep repeating this process until I die, because life is hard and then it's over.

I commend you for having the stomach to sit passively on the sidelines, watching horrors unfold around you, without ever getting involved. I lack that fortitude.