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A lot of people want the US to resist fascism, but this kind of thinking might be the reason fascism will win in the end.
If you can't put aside your differences to fight a common enemy, you'll lose.
Yeah let me just put aside that that the dems apparently also want to discriminate against me. Seems like I'm lacking a political party that isn't my enemy.
The other option wants to kill you
Does that make discrimination acceptable to you or are you just doing a whataboutism?
Unless you're extremely naive, you recognize that no politician is perfect, but in a de facto two-party system like that of the US, not voting for the lesser evil is a vote for the worst. Acknowledging that is not saying that some discrimination is okay, but it's easier to ask for more protections and protest when you're not in a concentration camp.
Unless you're extremely naive, you recognize that no politician is perfect, but in a de facto two-party system like that of the US, voting for the lesser evil is still a vote for evil. Acknowledging that is not saying that some compromise isn't okay, but that it's easier to ask for a government that doesn't suck when the lesser evil can't assume it has your support and must service your needs rather than those of campaign financiers in order to remain relevant.
So what's your approach to politics? If you choose not to vote at all, and voting for someone outside the two parties is practically the same as that in the US, how do you effect change? If you protest as a means of that, who's your target or audience? Is it the same politicians? Is it the people who would then have to choose between the same politicians?
Put aside our differences by throwing a vulnerable minority community to the wolves? And pray tell, who exactly is the “common enemy”? You’re the one in engaging in fascist thinking by assuming that sacrificing minorities will somehow help you. See “Then they came for me…” poem.
I don't see Democrats putting LGBTQ+ people in concentration camps, but I think it's just a question of months before Republicans begin to do so.
Also, Buttigieg saying trans women might have an advantage in sports is very very far from throwing a community to the wolves, like you say.
The US is in its current state because its citizens are more focused on what divides them than on what unites them. Social media is to blame I think, creating an infinity of echo chambers where people get less and less tolerant to contrary opinions, argue less, and insult more. And while the people are fighting among themselves, the ruling class can sleep peacefully.
What unites us is easy, Luigi is the most popular man in America for a reason.
The problem is that the people calling the shots are same sort of people who Luigi Luigi'd. Actual political progress in this country would require divesting the rich and powerful of their lofty status, something the people who own this country will never accept.
They'd have to be willing to put aside differences as well. The problem is they're more than willing to throw their "compatriots" under the bus to get easy points for right-leaning fence sitters.
Compromise only works if everyone is willing to do it, otherwise it's just retreat.
I agree, but there is a difference between trying to compromise with an enemy and making enemies of potential allies because you don't 100% agree with them.
You're absolutely correct here. It's just that Democrats and Republicans have spent the last forty years putting aside their differences to fight leftists.