• exohuman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Performative or not, we are better off with it than without it. His opponents would never agree to protect contraception since they are trying to ban it.

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      I don’t know that I agree.

      Every time the Democrats should do what they promised, and they don’t, the same people who say we’re better off switch to “but they’re powerless”. It’s silly that people continue to vote for a party that requires them to make excuses in order to feel better about their vote. It just kind of goes over Democratic voters’ heads that we always get conservative outcomes.

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        Ultimately this is the fault of the poor democratic system implemented in the US. A truly progressive option can’t be formed because it would split the support of the Democratic Party, leaving the Republicans to take everything in the first-past-the-post voting system. In the absence of electoral reform, or a progressive takeover within the Democrats, or maybe a gigantic scandal that shakes up ether party creating new opportunities… the best option for a progressive voters seems to be to support these idiots rather than letting those idiots in. And the best option for the Democrats as a party that wants power is to cater to the middle and be inoffensive, driving this entire thing into a loop where little of value gets done.

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          And the best option for the Democrats as a party that wants power is to cater to the middle and be inoffensive, driving this entire thing into a loop where little of value gets done.

          For my part, I see little difference when the choice is between fascists and collaborators. A stab in the front or a stab in the back.

          Either way the fascists are winning.