• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    How does that translate to “we don’t really have a democracy”?

    If people didn’t want Trump, they could very easily vote for anyone but him.

    But a lot of people want Trump. That’s the sad fucking fact of it. Which means that the best option is to coalesce around a single candidate in opposition who has the best chance of beating him - which most who aren’t Trump bootlickers have agreed, however reluctantly, is Biden.

    We have a democracy. It’s just that half the people in it crave fascism, and the rest of us are trying to unite with whoever the fuck we can to stop it.

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      10 months ago

      Guess the Dem party needs to work harder on actually giving voters something to vote for rather than something to vote against or they’ll lose. Voters won’t switch to vote Trump, they’ll just stay home.

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        10 months ago

        “I don’t like the boring old guy, therefore, welcome, fascism!”

        Thanks, me and all the other people to be herded into the concentration camps thank you for your stunning dedication to democracy.

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            10 months ago

            Sorry… we’re supposed to blame Democrats if Republicans march us into death camps?

            Were Jews supposed to blame the Weimar Republic for being sent to Auschwitz?

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              10 months ago

              If the Democrats don’t excite enough voters and provide enough policies to get out the vote, then yes. They are up blame.