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    I can’t wait until 28 when we don’t even have to have an election because Trump has removed term limits and installed himself as President for Life, which he’s literally expressed interest in doing multiple times throughout his presidency and since. You’re being obtuse if you think Trump is anything like Romney, or McCain, or Bush, or anyone else. This ain’t the GOP of your childhood. Pretty ironic to complain about Biden’s popularity and then say that everyone should vote for someone who won’t even get 1% of the vote. Telling people to vote for someone like Stein is just telling people to throw away their vote because you know Stein would never be elected for a wide variety of reasons. Have fun watching your utopianism come crashing down around you as you realize it’s not that simple, though. Every practical leftist has already had that experience. I’m just shocked people are still going with this obvious loser of a strategy.

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      I can’t wait until 28 when we don’t even have to have an election because Trump has removed term limits and installed himself as President for Life,

      Deranged take. We both know Trump isn’t capable of that, and no it is the exact same GOP and exact same Dems using the exact same arguments that thankfully are starting to fail.

      Every practical leftist has already had that experience. I’m just shocked people are still going with this obvious loser of a strategy.

      Oh the irony. Your strategy has failed for decades we can go look back at them as evidence. Dems are making a fool out of you.

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        Have you thought about it for even 2 seconds? The guy who attempted a coup when he failed the election, the guy currently facing a litany of felony charges, the guy able to get republicans to attack their own capitol against democracy is just like any other GOP prez? Get real, dude, this shit is completely unprecedented. The 2025 Plan lays out exactly how the right plans to seize power forever by further packing courts, changing rules, limiting access to voters, and much more. I highly recommend you read it. It’s as close to a path to actual fascism as anything the US has ever seen. Name a single comparable document in all of US history. You can just keep your head in the sand if you want, though.

        The real deranged take is to say that people like Biden will get Trump elected, when Biden is literally the only contender to prevent such a thing. Your solution? Vote for a non-contender who won’t even break a million votes. Yes, you’ve clearly thought this through. If you’re willing to take this gamble, you better stay out Vegas or I’d worry you might lose your house. The other team is taking the ball and instead of doing the best bet to maybe stop them, you stand on the sidelines and protest the game itself instead. That’s sure to prevent them from scoring, right? Someone else would be great, but we don’t have one who comes even close to being able to win with less than a year out, now. That’s just the reality. There is a 0% chance that the president won’t be either Trump or Biden, so gun to your head, which would you prefer?

        Sure, go ahead and lay out the evidence and the strategies for me.

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          Name a single comparable document in all of US history.

          https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp LMAO you set yourself up for that one

          The real deranged take is to say that people like Biden will get Trump elected, when Biden is literally the only contender. Your solution? Vote for a non-contender who won’t even break a million votes.

          Biden and Trump are the weakest candidates we’ve seen in decades, if there is any time for a third party or independent to win its now. RFK reaching 20% is clear and obvious evidence of this.

          Your plan to take advantage of this? Vote for genocide Joe to ensure the wealthy maintain control the political system.

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            In what ways is the constitution and the 2025 Plan comparable? I want examples, but I know you won’t do that because you’re just an edgelord who doesn’t actually have anything intelligent to say. The 2025 Plan seeks to circumvent certain parts of the constitution, just so you know. Just like Stein is helping to weaken the position of the left, RFK is thankfully weakening the stance of the right. Trump would be in an even stronger position if he didn’t have so much competition on the right. RFK could be a real spoiler for Trump, especially considering he’s running as an independent and will appear alongside Trump on the ballot. Still no way RFK could win, though, which is why a vote for him would also be a vote wasted.

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              It was an actual path to fascism which is what you asked for. Stein is strengthening the position of the left, because the Democrats are not left. RFK pulling votes from the right is huge, and a big chance for an actual left party like the Greens to gain ground. RFK could actually win in my opinion because of how disliked the current duopoly is.

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                Stein is strengthening the left, because the Democrats are not left.

                I don’t agree because I feel a far-right Trump presidency would be much worse for the actual left than a centrist neolib Biden presidency. There’s a lot riding on this; access to abortion, trans rights, environmental protections, restricting voter access, etc. I think that a Trump would probably even damage the left more than a miraculous Stein victory would help it.

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                  a far-right Trump presidency would be much worse for the actual left than a centrist neolib Biden presidency.

                  Voting for a centrist neolib is the worst thing you can do for the left.

                  There’s a lot riding on this; access to abortion, trans rights, environmental protections, restricting voter access

                  Biden has been terrible on abortion by not getting roe v wade codified his whole career, terrible on environment just approved the willow pipeline, terrible on voting rights since hes a Dem and used undemocratic super delegates to win.

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                    And how exactly is a centrist leader worse than a far-right leader? That makes no sense. You’re cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’s like having the choice between being in an abusive relationship where they always tell you they’ll do better next time or being with someone who actually wants to murder you, and you choose the murderer because you’re tired of being manipulated. No one would fault you for being tired of that, but to say that the alternative is preferable is utterly absurd. Lay out for me why Trump would be better than Biden.

                    Trump is far worse on all those issues. Do you want your life to be merely bad, or completely awful? It’s a shitty choice, but it does actually matter. Sometimes it might feel like the answer is “I don’t care anymore,” but I feel like you’re being careless with regard to the people who’s lives would be unmistakably worse under Trump than under Biden. Not even just here, but in Palestine, in Ukraine, in Armenia, in Tigray, in Rojava, etc.