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submitted 7 months ago by ToastedPlanet to c/196

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There are no ethical choices under first-past-the-post voting. We must instead make a decision that reduces the most harm.

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav 5 points 7 months ago

I'll be sure to let you know when Biden deports my gay immigrant husband

Got a secret for you: The Democrats would run us over with a tank if it were politically convenient. You think a party that's ok with child murder will protect our marginalized asses? Think again.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago

Got a secret for you: The Democrats would run us over with a tank if it were politically convenient.

And the fascists would do it gleefully, likely finding additional ways to incorporate cruelty and torture. Anti-electoralism is statistically indistinguishable from supporting the fascists or accelerationism. Accelerationism has no hard data showing that it actually works, only that it increases suffering.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav 5 points 7 months ago

Good thing I'm not suggesting accelerationism then

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

pLeAsE vOtE fOr 99% FaScIsM tO sAvE uS fRoM 100% fAsCiSm :(

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

If that 1% means local LGBTQ+ people not being subject to mass murder, why wouldn't you pick 99%, especially if those are the only realistic outcomes?