Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
Yes, Trump is even worse. But killing innocent people is still so bad that I am harmed by it being politically acceptable.
If politics is killing innocent people more nicely ('yeah, that's bad, but it just happens') or more nastily ('haw haw stupid children'), I no longer care about politics.
Let's say Trump gets elected, and ten years from now, some kid asks you, "What did you do to prevent this?"
Are you going to tell them you just didn't care enough to bother?
Let's say in 10 years, the choice is between a dem who wants 20 genocides and a republican who wants 21: will you still be a militant democrat?
That depends entirely on what the rest of their platform looks like. If the republican's platform resembles Trump, and we're still operating within a 2-party system, you can bet your ass I will, because there's more at stake than one issue.
Look, we have two options: Vote against Trump, or don't. That's it. And if you aren't voting for a viable candidate, which right now is Harris, and only Harris, you're not voting against Trump. Simple as that.
To me, this just means there's no evil great enough that our politicians could commit that would make you start questioning the validity of our government and electoral process. This is the liberal idealism that leftists talk about.
Is this accurate? Is there any evil great enough that would compel you to start considering tearing it all down?
I know our electoral process is bullshit, and I believe our government is corrupt as hell.
I'm also a pragmatist. I can either work within the confines of the system we have to try and effect the least harm possible, or I can register a protest vote now in hopes that some time in the future it'll help fix things. I'm taking the first option.
If we manage to change the voting system to allow for third party votes without sabotaging our own self interests in the meantime, I'm all for it. If third party candidates want to run for lesser offices where they have a chance of being elected and have a chance of making a difference, I'm all for it. But voting for a third party candidate for president, or declining to vote as a protest maneuver, is simply the worst option. It's looking for a long-term solution to a very short-term problem, and I simply can't see any good argument for taking that approach.
Electing Trump right now is 'tearing it all down', but not in the way I want.
ten years from now, some kid asks you
Ten years from now, a Palestinian child asks you, but they never existed, because their parents were killed.
The non voters will tell the children that letting Palestine be destroyed was worth it. That participating in genocide wasn't that bad.
Kamala has a chance in slowing down the israel-hamas war and hopefully stopping it. While Trump wants to accelerate it. Choosing one candidate gives us a chance to turn things around, or at least slow down in order to turn around. The other candidate will immediate exterminate everybody in Palestine
And it's not just about Palestine either. A Trump presidency also means genocide for queer people in America, and a fascist role model for the rest of the world. Plus, Trump's climate plan amounts to omnicide. We need to get Harris in the white house. This election could be the final chance for us to avert the end of life as we know it on earth.
In that same 10 year, some kid asks, what did liberals do to prevent this during Biden's term.
You can respond we were at brunch we didn't notice what was going on.
I'm against innocent people being killed. I'm sorry that upsets you. It may well be that, under Trump, more innocent people will be killed. Still, I have the preference of voting for people who reduce the number of innocent people being killed, rather than voting for people who condone it.
Yes, Trump is even worse. But killing innocent people is still so bad that I am harmed by it being politically acceptable. Humans will destroy themselves because they lack compassion for other living beings, and that's just what it is. You can get angry at me because I don't like that, but that's just another lack of compassion, and I won't be surprised.