[–] 4 points 2 months ago*

My original comment was disagreeing with the meme.

Your original comment says "tankies" think the Confederacy should've won.

I don't see how any of the things you're saying about the Trump presidency are relevant. If the so called "tankies" didn't vote for Trump then they're not responsible for what he's doing. Take it up with the people who actually voted for Trump.

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

    Are you sure the reason "tankies" didn't vote for Harris wasn't her promise to keep supporting genocide in Gaza?

    Beside, how is that situation comparable to the meme, in which "tankies" are charged with supporting the confederacy whole heartedly.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    It would obviously be a net good for global society if the US federal government stopped functioning; if the government continues pursuing its current interests that will never happen, yet if foreign lobbyists whose interests are fundamentally enemical to the US (such as China, but not Israel, which is just an appendage of the US) can influence the US federal government it may happen. At least that seems more proximal than the US working class suddenly gaining the kind of militant political stances and organization that would be necessary otherwise. But if both things could happen that'd be even better.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    So the Democratic Party is structurally incapable of pushing through the reforms and new programs that are necessary to stop fascism? Why should people keep being married to that party instead of supporting any other effort, and pay no rhetorical support nor lip service to a party that also facilitates fascism?

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    Though it might all come back to haunt Trump eventually since there’s thousands of lawsuits filed against him for all the times he misused executive orders. That’s just wishful thinking on my part though.

    He'll die before any of those consequences matter. His fascist successor will probably rinse the next Democratic nominee because the Democrats don't intend to change anything or make any of the changes you're talking about happen. It's a million times more realistic to hope that the United States splits into multiple incoherent territories that are no longer able to terrorize the rest of the world than hope the Democratic Party suddenly turns around and become the opposite of what it has been during essentially its whole existence (maybe except for the minute that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights act).

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago* (8 children)

    Did Biden win the senate?

    It seems that now that Trump is president, what congress says doesn't matter at all and the President can do whatever.

    Did he appoint the judges for the supreme court?

    He could've expanded it, like FDR threatened to do and forced the court to let him do some of the New Deal reforms they were previously opposed to. Biden never lifted a finger with regards to that. This also could've maintained Roe v Wade.

    I agree that he mishandled the conflict in Israel,

    1. it's a genocide
    2. "mishandled" is a really egregious weasel word for "gave unconditional support to the government even as approval ratings slid down the drain"
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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    A bunch of radlibs being annoyed at gas prices going up doesn't make Bluesky Iran's "megaphone." To whatever extent Iran would have a preferred way of disseminating narratives among Western internet users, networks on Telegram are definitely 1000x more important than the site for people who wanted to keep using twitter but were embarrassed by Elon owning it.

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