He got me to read the Manifesto and would have hours’ long debates with our social-democratic roommate and now this. It’s really shaking me up a bit.

He is on the whole defeatist ‘nothing will fundamentally shake the imperial machine so might as well pick the wardog with better domestic policies’ tip. I want to get through to him but I am getting stuck.

For example:

i also refuse to not vote my conscience but i figured this time its not like doing this abstract process to pick if id prefer -100 points vs -200 points is gonna matter that much if i genuinely believe itll even be slightly better under kamala i might as well

kitty-birthday-sad

  • robinn_ [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I think I’ll listen to the future commandHER in chief:

    As Vice President, [Kamala] supported the bipartisan border security bill, the strongest reform in decades. The legislation would have deployed more detection technology to intercept fentanyl and other drugs and added 1,500 border security agents to protect our border [and resumed and expanded border wall construction]. After Donald Trump killed the border deal for his political gain, she and President Biden took action on their own — and now border crossings are at the lowest level in 4 years, their administration is seizing record amounts of fentanyl, and secured funding for the most significant increase in border agents in ten years. As President, she will bring back the bipartisan border security bill and sign it into law. (from her website)

    paid-for-by-kamala-harris: “Um hello I hate immigrants more than Trump and justify this with drug hysteria while refusing to look at the root causes, if you vote for me I WILL increase harm and I WILL make the lives of oppressed people worse, something Trump is too NARCISSISTIC to do for our country”

    maybe-later-kiddo: “Um wow I’m going to vote for you to reduce harm and keep oppressed people safe”