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Look at the data. Under Trump, Gaza got an embassy move, funding cuts to UNRWA, and open talk of annexation. Under Biden, it got bombs,but also pauses, pushback, and at least some rhetorical distance. That's not enough. It's nowhere near enough. But it's less. Same with Iran, Trump tore up the JCPOA and maxed sanctions; Biden at least kept diplomacy open. Same with SNAP, Trump gutted it; Biden restored some of it.
I'm not asking you to recognize this scale as legitimate. I'm saying it's the scale that actually exists and the difference is real.
The absence of your vote doesn't punish them, it hands the keys to the people who will do worse, faster, to the communities you're trying to protect. You want to build mutual aid and unions? So do I. But those need time and cover to grow. One administration gives you more of both than the other.
Being morally pure does absolutely nothing for the people lives that get actively worse.
While we do that we need to also work in primaries to get people into Congress that will apply pressure for change because if you look at any actual societal progress we've had it's been civil action in tandem with political pressure.