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Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators (web.archive.org)

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The majority of COVID deaths happened under Biden

Only because Covid happened mostly in Biden's term. Trump influenced the Republican party to reject masks and vaccines and contributed to their 15% higher mortality rate.

Trump isn’t better, but he isn’t worse. The choice this November is between polite Hitler and rude Hitler. That’s it.

Fuck off lmao you either know that's not true or you're so far beyond delusional that I cannot reach you.

I do not care when members of the empire’s army get killed. Miss me with that shit lol

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

First they came for the Palestinians, what the are you talking about? Polite Hitler is doing genocide! Fascism is already here!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's foolish to believe that democracy could not commit genocide.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Between gerrymandering, the inherently unbalanced nature of the Senate, the House being too small to proportionally represent the population, and multiple presidents in my lifetime losing the popular vote? It's foolish to believe America is a democracy.

That's why it doesn't matter that the majority of Americans are opposed to the genocide and why our politicians ignore us.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're not an ideal democracy, but the people still vote on public positions so yeah we're a democracy

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're a very reformed undemocratic settler-colonial state and those reforms have attempted to make the US more democratic over the centuries, but we haven't come that far from the founding when elections were just a way to survey the wants and needs of white male property owners. Much like Israel, calling this is a "democracy" is an insult to all the people whose votes don't count, or count for less, aren't allowed to vote at all, or votes get thrown out because of some procedural bullshit that overrides their democratic will.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong in spirit but you're still wrong on the terminology. We are a democracy, it could just use more improvements.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if you consider Russia a democracy.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

tbh I don't think about Russia at all

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, think about it.

Is it a democracy?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ok fair enough actually