• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The left actually demands politicians earn their vote. Politics isn’t supposed to be a team sport in the US. The entire reason we have elections so often is to make sure the voters approve of their representatives. That means voting out of team loyalty is a subversion of the system. And the charge of being fickle and lazy is undemocratic propaganda.

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      8 months ago

      Democracy is about compromise. By refusing to compromise you’re ceding power to the worst option.

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        8 months ago

        I’m tired of compromising with people who won’t compromise. We just lurch to the right over and over whenever there’s a fight. They never worry about compromising with me ever.

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          8 months ago

          That’s democracy. When a large portion of voters want fascism, you have to compromise with fascists.

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                8 months ago

                Voting uncommitted. Showing force. If Biden wants votes, he needs to not commit genocide.

                I’ll still vote for him most likely, even if he is a disgusting warmonger, because I know Trump is worse. However, I want him to see the magnitude of hatred the Americans he thought he could rely on for votes have for him and his genocidal antics.

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                  8 months ago

                  Now he’s caught between your current hatred and the potential hatred of moderate Dems if he stops supporting Israel. And moderate Dems are more numerous and more consistent voters.

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            8 months ago

            Not with that attitude it’s not. It is possible. There is a world in which Biden proves he can still be pressured into doing the right thing.