TheShadow277

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[–] TheShadow277 36 points 5 months ago

Facebook meme

[–] TheShadow277 10 points 5 months ago

You mean your mom didn't tell you to read all the news littleblue on lemmy reads? Must have a different upbringing.

[–] TheShadow277 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is an awful and harmful point of view.

[–] TheShadow277 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I don't think I wanna ask the US "congressional research service" about the effects of US imperialism. Something tells me they have a bias, but I can't quite put my finger on why.

[–] TheShadow277 14 points 5 months ago (18 children)

USA doesn’t control the source of the problem, which are random-ass civil wars that occur in Central America or South America.

Interesting, if largely incorrect opinion.

[–] TheShadow277 -4 points 5 months ago

"please vote for me... NO DON'T LOOK AT THAT GENOCIDE I'M DOING.. just vote pls"

[–] TheShadow277 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm under 30, but I remember when Russia was the big bad in western politics. Now our fascist parties are aligning themselves with Russia? It's very odd to me.

[–] TheShadow277 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I dunno. Epstein was pretty high profile (and it might not have worked out great for him, either), but a former president is really high profile. I have no idea how they would handle it, but if we're lucky enough to see it, it'll be quite interesting for sure

[–] TheShadow277 4 points 5 months ago

Ah that's probably true. He's rich and white enough to end up in a resort prison, I'm sure.

[–] TheShadow277 12 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I get what you're saying, but I think without that protection it's pretty likely he'd be killed in prison.

[–] TheShadow277 5 points 6 months ago

Scratch a liberal...

[–] TheShadow277 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I appreciate your point of view here for sure, even if we disagree.

I do understand that Biden is the "better option" in this circumstance. And I'm not even American so I couldn't vote for him anyway lol. But if I was American I still would struggle to bring myself to bring myself to actually vote for him as it feels like giving my consent to this broken system that is bringing suffering and death to millions. The Trump or Biden decision is not democracy, it's the choice between two awful political ideologies which both perpetuate pain for everyone. To vote is to validate that system, to refuse to participate is the only way to not consent to the system which brings continued suffering for the whole planet.

Of course, if I had the means and ability, I would be out organizing and helping to build something different. In my opinion, that is the only way forward. Though, honestly, that ideal is sort of out of desperation since it feels to me like there's nothing to save from liberal representative politics, we'd have to build a direct democracy or something progressive that protects the vulnerable. Something that I hope exists and we just can't think of it the same way that we couldn't do better than the divine right of kings in the 1600s.

But I find myself rambling 🤣 Thanks for the discussion. I also hope things get better in our lifetime!

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