• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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      Don’t think so either. Seems the US State is dedicated to genocide and it is disrespectful to pretend otherwise.

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        The best chance now, in my opinion, is to vote what is by far the lesser evil and than get active to either improve the parties or create a voting system that allows more than two to have realistic chances

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          In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.

          -Hannah Arendt, from “Personal Responsibility under Dictatorship”, 1964

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            Unless you’re organizing a revolution before November, you better vote against the fascists.

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              I will not vote for candidates sending arms and aid to genocidal apartheid ethnostates. if the PSL is on the ballot in my state I will vote for them, otherwise it’ll probably be Stein 👍

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            Tankies quoting Hannah Arendt when she specifies that she’s speaking specifically about totalitarian societies, and not even dictatorships; much less actual functioning democracies. Average tankie reading comprehension. Or, in Hannah Arendt’s words from the same essay…

            Those who denounce the moral fallacy of this argument are usually accused of a germ-proof moralism which is alien to political circumstances, of being unwilling to dirty their hands; and it must be admitted that it is not so much political or moral philosophy (with the sole exception of Kant, who for this very reason frequently stands accused of moralistic rigorism) but religious thought that most unequivocally has rejected all compromises with lesser evils.

            You keep the fascist dogma up, buddy. It’ll save your soul someday. :)

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          get active to either improve the parties or create a voting system that allows more than two to have realistic chances

          What does this entail? You can’t vibe parties into changing policy, they only concede what they have to. Supporting Israel benefits the US economically, as its the equivalent of an aircraft carrier on land. It cements the Petro-Dollar as the global standard, which allows the US to make tons of money. Therefore, no matter what, the DNC and GOP will support genocide.

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      Not the point. It’s a comment about how actions would speak louder than words.

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        And the post is about how words speak louder than fucking gibberish.