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

    • Barx [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      15·
      24 days ago

      Try talking to liberals using this logic and you will find they don’t really care about the genocide. They are detached from the reality and are trying to normalize their electoral logic. Lesser evilism is their usual way of justifying why they dismiss their empathy and vote for a Dem.

      Having a left would be valuable but they’ve been because it would necessarily mean these libs were on the left instead. Those who remained could be radicalized as well but many would retain this logic and this character.

    • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      101·
      24 days ago

      I agree in this point, but I wanna point out that it isn’t “everyone who is doing lesser evilism is basically a hitler follower”
      It’s “everyone who is doing lesser evilism, while being aware a genocide is going on and being fine with it continuing, is basically a hitler follower”