[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

If you’re a progressive who thinks the Democratic Party is a tool of corporate America, talk to someone who still can’t forgive themselves for voting for Ralph Nader in 2000—then ask yourself which candidate, Harris or Trump, would give you any leverage to push for policies you care about.

This is contradicted by this:

Like you, we wish for the return of the Republican Party of Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney, a party animated by actual ideas. We believe that American politics are healthiest when vibrant conservative and liberal parties fight it out on matters of policy.

I don't want a return to party of Bush. I want the American people to have the highest standard of living in the world - not the people of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

If you're saying that Kamala will restore the GOP, then it seems that the American people will never be prioritized. In which case, we should all leave and emigrate to Scandinavia where their people are treated like human beings rather than servants

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Why isn't there an option to give these Muslim Americans what they actually want?

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Name the criminal statute he should be charged with violating.

Agreed that he likely does not have a 1st amendment defense. But you still need a specific criminal statute to charge him with. I am unaware of any that he has likely violated with his xenophobic remarks

Demagoguery that targets a marginalized group is an American tradition. It is unlikely that he committed any crime

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

You realize that by demanding people shut up about genocide, you've actually incentivized users to talk about genocide, right?

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

that's not an option

Why?

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is a viable option. There is nothing preventing the Democrats from opposing genocide

Biden could do so tomorrow. Harris could then continue that policy

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

She will have the same position on genocide as Biden

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Kamala will be the same as Biden on practically every issue

Which overall, is fine.

But on this issue of genocide, is damning

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

I want zero genocide

The Democrats want genocide

The Republicans want genocide

I want zero genocide

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

You can do all of that and still vote for the blue team.

We all need to organize and work to strengthen unions. We need to do that. So the choice is just do we want to do that under a blue team presidency or a red team/MAGA presidency

Blue team seems much more currently amenable to unionization. So that seems like it would be the superior conditions for us to organize under.

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Most people under 50 probably barely have any analog clocks around.

Every home/apt of every under 40 year old person I have ever been in has had at least one analog clock. And most have had several.

Also, grandfather clocks are a thing. And they're gorgeous.

Extremely anti-social to act like digital clocks are better - similar to acting like social media and Facetime calls are in any way superior to irl face-to-face interaction - as our current loneliness epidemic demonstrates

[-] newfie@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

don't know enough about Whitmer

Then you aren't informed enough to even be talking about this

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