• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    God, if only we hadn’t voted for the Democrats. Then things would really have improved.

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        10 months ago

        Would’ve helped. Still doesn’t excuse the “BOTHSIDES” game on the eve of literal fascism.

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          10 months ago

          You admit that running an actual progressive instead of a pro-fracking genocide apologist would be better, yet you think that admitting the weakness of our fascist “allies” isn’t excusable?

          Make it make sense.

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            10 months ago

            You admit that running an actual progressive instead of a pro-fracking genocide apologist would be better, yet you think that admitting the weakness of our fascist “allies” isn’t excusable?

            Make it make sense.

            Big difference between “Dems ran a weak campaign and are feckless out-of-touch morons” and “Liberals are part of a duopoly conspiracy to move everything rightward and things only get worse, please ignore that we haven’t been moving continually rightward since the induction of the current two-party system”

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              10 months ago

              I don’t see any contradiction there.

              The dem candidate literally platformed Republicans as part of the campaign, how are we supposed to pretend that they actually think Republicans are a threat to democracy?

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    10 months ago

    Wait, do you think that the united states is less progressive than it was 10 years ago? How about 20 years ago? 30?

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      10 months ago

      I had someone tell me the other day that the US was more fascist in mid-2024 than in the 1920s.

      People often believe what confirms their pre-existing beliefs without regard for truth.