KindnessIsPunk

Aye aye

Been yelling from the rooftops that if Canada isn't careful it will slide into the same political trap, I mean the liberals we got are at best center right on average but Pollivre would be much MUCH worse so it's the choice we have

Does active support for Russia count?

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.

Withholding your vote only puts gasoline on the fire. Voting for something is not support, it is selecting from available paths and they are not of equal harm. The most important elections to vote in are primaries where you get to choose who you'll be choosing.

Please note that voting should always be done in conjunction with civil protest and mutual support networks.

I actually got rid of windows instance entirely, I just realized one day that I hadn't booted it up in 6 months, thanks Linux.

Is it like how a non plug-in hybrid uses the battery to improve efficiency?

I can see the point when more than 1% of the population votes in primaries

We need to show the Democrats that being conservative light is not good enough by making it have consequences in primaries.

The lesser of two evils trap demoralizes people and makes them think that this is the best we can hope for from a politician but it’s not, We’ve seen a rise of left-wing politicians lately and we can do better.

We must participate whenever possible and the choices aren’t always great but they do still matter.

So yes, Democrats actively doing less damage than the Republican counterpart, and no it isn’t good enough.

People deserve a world where hope can be a part of it.

It scares me how many smug racists assholes I see here.

Neat, now imprison the people responsible for grievous negligence

Well the reality is that sometimes the US does do a lot of good outside of its borders almost never because of Republicans but when it's cut down or left limping you bet your ass is always because of Republicans

The most pressing example I can think of from recent history is the controlled release of sterile flies to stop the spread of screw worm and as it has been defunded under the Trump admin it has begun spreading again