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Lol I love this take.
Normal people:
The brave freedom fighters on Lemmy with a spine:
No one's complaining about a candidate not "catering" to them. They're complaining about Biden being a zionazi and committing a genocide. Even going as far as to bypass congress to send "isreal" weapons faster.
I understand that you're angry, but do you think Trump will protect Palestinians? He also wants to maintain US military might in the middle east, and he's also beholden to Zionists.
Work on getting third parties on the ballot so we can actually get a choice next time around. Find a minor politician who you generally agree with and see what they think would help fix our process. Join a union.
Wanting to stop Israel from murdering children: "catering to me and my friends"
Genocide is just such a niche issue I don't see how you expect Biden to care /s
You'll see how "small" this community is in November.
What are you in favor of? I get that you are sick of Biden's status quo, but are you actually in favor of Trump?
I'm in favor of people voicing their concerns. Because they expect you to vote regardless of anything. And nothing is going to change with that mind set. You can't expect a reaction without an action.
Actually, they don't expect you to vote. What percentage voted in the last presidential? The midterms? Now break that down by age. Numbers are low. The Democran and the Republicrat powers that be have perfected a system in which most people feel powerless and unheard. The binary works great for that, and they keep each other in power.
True change will only be possible when 3rd party candidates become viable. There's no single way it can look: ranked choice voting, parliamentary representation, whatever. But until we get actual choices about who governs us...
I understand that people want change. I do too. But to me, voting for Trump is one of two options presented by those in power, and might result in real losses in future voting rights, along with real losses to our judicial system. Can't we come up with something better than that? Electing Trump is not a solution to anything. Neither is Biden, but at least he's not an active threat to voting rights.
People suck at collectivizing. It's still what we need to do. Direct democracy, proportional representation, and more than two choices. I'm not sure how we get there, but it's where we need to be.
I'm sure your little club is just big enough to get Donald Trump elected, that's how margins work.
Unfortunately for you there a magnitudes more voters that would be alienated by your fringe politics, so most elected officials aren't going to give your ideas priority. To think otherwise is the attitude of a petulant child that wants a happy meal when the rest of the family wants to go to sushi.
Despite all that I think you've convinced me. The best way to stop the genocide in Gaza now, in March of 2024, is to make sure that the Zionist, single state solution, ban on Palestinian immigration candidate gets elected to be our president in from 2025 through 2029. That will definitely teach those damn establishment Democrats to listen to us, and will 100% improve the lives of the people in Gaza and the west bank. I'm sure that Trump is just joking about immigrants tainting the blood of America. He's surely not serious about project 2025, or enacting a nation wide abortion ban after 6 weeks. We have to get this guy elected in November to stop the genocide today.