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There is a reason why the go-to argument to vote for democrats is "because the republicans are worse".
Is that because Republicans are worse?
Listen, we aren't going to make Democrats better by letting Republicans win, that just lowers the bar for the even further
If you want real change it's going to take drastic action with significant personal risk from a lot of people.
Always responding with "republicans are worse" does nothing except to shut down conversation of the complicity of democrats in all of this. It's like pointing at a homeless person in the US and saying "well it could be worse, they could be homeless in a war-torn country". It locks down the conversation to the two choice fallacy and blocks any conversation on avenues for that real change you are referencing. These voters are misguided, but it's telling that democrats are so shit that these people thought a trump administration could offer anything different.
"two choices fallacy"? Buckaroo, you realize America only has two parties. And that won't change until the voting system changes.
That was my point, the illusion of choice. While people are fiercely arguing over voting for one of the two parties, both parties are moving to the right. Now we're at the point where both agree to supporting genocide. We've lost the plot here.