Political Memes

I did some political stuff back in the day. We used to say "when people vote, democrats win." I don't need a win, I just need the fascist pedo kleptocratic octogenarian to lose.

Okay, but there's a difference between "both sides are bad" and valid criticism of the democratic party.

40 plus years of neo liberal policy, that yes have been embraced by 'both sides', has been destroying the nation and for some reason people don't want to admit it.

Getting slapped and getting stabbed are both bad. But not equally bad.

We need to show the Democrats that being conservative light is not good enough by making it have consequences in primaries.

The lesser of two evils trap demoralizes people and makes them think that this is the best we can hope for from a politician but it’s not, We’ve seen a rise of left-wing politicians lately and we can do better.

We must participate whenever possible and the choices aren’t always great but they do still matter.

So yes, Democrats actively doing less damage than the Republican counterpart, and no it isn’t good enough.

People deserve a world where hope can be a part of it.

Nevermind that we hold parties accountable and make them actually represent the people. If centrist/corporatist Democrats wanted to win, they should be listening to the people, and they refuse to do that. They are absolutely complicit in what's been happening over this past decade, even long before that.

Well that's just nonsense. Any criticism of the democratic party, a famously spineless and dismissive organization, is a psyop?

A party that has collaborated with the Republicans the whole way? Going so far as to make ICE one of the best funded militaries in the world?

It's far from the only way. They have the means to rig elections or cancel them altogether.

If you think voting is getting you out of this mess, you're in for a reality check.

This is a misunderstand. It's not about voting. It never was. It's about organizing.

Sure vote for harm reduction. Yes, it can slow things down a bit temporarily, but don't think it'll save your life. Both parties are genocidal fascists who will continue to escalate war and state violence. From a capitalist standpoint, fascism is correct and necessary. Profits have fallen too low, democracy is no longer profitable, no matter which party is in charge. The billionaires need living standards to drop much lower. But in a democracy, people would not be willing to accept that, so they need to be disciplined violently.

Democrats, just like Republicans will come for your loved ones, arrest communists, continue imperialist wars and genocide, shut down strikes and unions, militarize the police. Simply because Democrats are capitalist and within capitalism, fascism is the next logical step. Not for ideological reasons, but because of real material economic facts. The facts demand fascism. Democrats will adapt or cease to be Democrats.

When Nazi fascism was defeated in Europe, it wasn't by voting for the lesser fascists. The only way to save democracy is to organize real resistance, that's able to enforce demands.

If you have limited capacity to contribute and organize, don't waste your time campaigning for the Democrats. Vote for them, if it makes sense in your state, but that's just one day. If you have any energy to spare the rest of the year: talk to your neighbors and coworkers about real solutions. For example general strikes and anti-fascist community self defense. Learn communist theory, start a reading group. Join a Marxist org.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Fyi... vote in fing primaries, that is the only way to fix the kinda bad side.

Multiple things can be true. Both sides are bad, but that's why the concept of voting for the lesser evil is a thing.

Everybody sucks. But you should still vote.

Which side thinks that food, medicine, and shelter are a human right and not just access to them is a right? I'll always vote for that side.

Orban lost because everyone went out and voted for the other party. If you watch interviews of voters, a lot of them said they don't agree on everything with who they are voting for, but it must be done to progress away from the Orban era.
Democracy is a slow process, and sometimes, voting for the lesser of two evils is the only choice you have. It opens the door for better candidates in the next elections to come.
Or, you know.. you can do an armed revolution. But lately, they don't bring the change everyone hopes for.

Both sides are bad, but both sides are not the same. One shows time and time again they are scared of their voters and will change course with enough pressure. The other one only puts pressure on us under the heel of a boot.

Yes, both suck, but we are not getting anywhere with this stupid flip flop between two awful options. You take the less bad one, then work really fucking hard to get better people to replace them. Don’t keep falling for this one weird trick bullshit, where one cultish figure that claims to solve it all will get the nod in an effort to “try something different”.

Third parties are useless, unless we can get ranked choice. Until then, we play the fucking game, not keep flipping the board every few years.

Posts about blaming a minuscule minority of voters are specifically designed to encourage people to not look for the causes of rising fascism.

Keeping people distracted and attacking their socialists allies is the only way Democrats can continue to move further to the right and join Trump's new "War on the Extreme Left".

If you don't see the connection, you have a problem.

https://youtu.be/9X4Z1lLUMfw

George Carlin put this idea to rest a very long time ago. If you truly believe that Democrats are somehow fundamentally different from Republicans you have lost the plot.

gotta ask yourself if you want a chance to fix things or no chance at all. with trump, its no chance at all