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liberal is not left (quokk.au)
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Alt text: A tweet from Erica, the white trash socialist, stating: "Liberals: no one working 40 hours a week should live in poverty. Leftists: No one should live in poverty regardless of their ability to perform labor."
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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Voting for the lesser evil is still voting for evil. Just because they're not as bad doesn't mean they aren't just as unpalatable to leftists.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Then let's vote for good! there's dozens of us!

    How many people are voting? oh.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    If there's so few leftists it doesn't matter, why blame them, hrm? Oh, it's virtue signalling for the Democrats screwing up the election and for their winning strategy of going for the former MAGA vote? Well damn, you convinced me!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    This seems utopian, akin to one saying "participating in wage labour empowers capitalists - working most jobs is still evil".

    What is the point of such abstract declarations? I'm an anti-capitalist because I want to improve the world, not to be "good" or "correct" or some other philosophical purity; "the point is to change it".

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Let's have a moment of silent gratitude for all those US leftists who preserved their personal sense of moral superiority by not voting or voting third party in the 2024 election. Where would we be without them?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Evidentially nowhere because the Dems when leftist vote for them shout they weren't needed and proceed to not pass anything. But keep on compromising your morals and values for the lesser evil, I'm SURE that'll win them over in the end.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Biden-era Democrats: passing child cash payments, drug-price negotiation, insulin caps, the biggest climate bill in US history, and the biggest federal gun-safety law in decades. With a 50-50 Senate and an obstructionist opposition.

    Obama-era Democrats: passing ACA, Fair Sentencing Act, Dodd Frank, creating CFPB, etc. With only like 70 days of having 60 votes in the senate.

    Leftists: dems pass nothing.

    Question for you: do you think Palestinians should thank you for rejecting imperfect Democrats and helping to hand the presidency, house and senate to the party whose members openly support fewer restrictions on Israel?

    But keep rejecting them to preserve your sense of superiority, I'm SURE that'll help the most vulnerable more than keeping Republicans out of power.

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