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Elections don't bring fascism, material conditions do. The US has the material conditions and fascists operating. Go ahead and vote for Biden but unless you start taking non-voting actions and immediately it really won't matter. Voting for Hindenburg and defeating Hitler in 1932 didn't stop his rise to power in 1933.
Bullshit. Trump getting elected is far worse for democracy than Biden. Stop. You have no logic. Explain how him winning will make things better or cut the shit. I've had enough of you people.
No no, they're right, you're confusing them for the actual "both sides" crowd. They are saying to vote for Biden. Obviously Trump is worse than Biden, and voting blue is prudent harm reduction.
They're just saying that while voting blue is necessary it is not sufficient. We must also take actions in addition to voting if we hope to transition from the important task of decelerating fascism to the important task of stopping fascism.
I reread it. You're right. I thought there was a sarcastic/rhetorical tone. Sorry, I was wrong.
They're not "saying" it aloud and you give too much credit to the people consuming the comments that they can separate the two.
I understood them pretty well, direct action is needed. Voting is a requirement and is only the very beginning if you want to achieve your goals. You have to organize and canvas and make calls and attend those city council meetings.
The left is scared to say the quiet part out loud other than (non) jokes about "eating the rich," because it gets you visited by the FBI. The right can organize and scheme and the status quo is fine with it but if "commies" start agitating they bring out the rubber bullets and teargas (see BLM protests).
Trump is a symptom of your broken culture.
It's a feedback loop. The environment allows for his rise. He stokes the people and rewrites the environment to support his normalization. Rinse repeat. Also fwiw it's about capitalism not American culture. We're just at this stage and have a history of "liberation" in the 20th century that makes it look even worse than elsewhere. Look at the populists all over the place though.
Fall of Rome in real time, expedited by its media and put under a microscope thanks to the Internet.