• Fern@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    There’s a lot you’re saying that I agree with, but it’s undeniable that sending weapons to Isreal is not solving this problem it’s directly causing the problem. Biden is incredibly ineffective at solving this and is not holding any sort of red line for real. He needs to hold Isreal accountable for their actions. We have sent billions and billions of dollars of weapons to Isreal, and we likely aren’t stopping anytime soon even if Kamala is elected. We need to hold their feet to the fire and show them this is unacceptable.

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      7 days ago

      It doesn’t matter. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict isn’t even in the top 10 major threats to our country.

      You can be unhappy about it, but this election is literally deciding whether the US will be a fascist, theocracic dictatorship.

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        I agree with your stance, but it’s a hell of a hard pill to swallow when both action and inaction directly support the continued financing of a genocide.

        Vote for the lesser evil now, but make up for it by holding them to account to the fullest of your ability once they’re in.

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          7 days ago

          No politician is going to please everyone. All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option until there’s finally a good option.

          Ranked choice voting would be nice, but for that to ever be an option we need the left to overpower the right.

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            All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option

            That’s absolutely not the case. For the Democrats to pull back towards the left, their viability as a choice for left-leaning voters needs to be threatened. It’s too late for this election, so vote Dem, but in the medium term it means taking action to support a better third party that actually champions progressive and egalitarian governance and peaceful foreign policy, and also challenging the Democrats with protests and campaigns.

            Waiting did not get women the vote. Waiting did not achieve the victories of the Civil Rights movement. Waiting will not stop US proxy genocide in the Middle East.

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          7 days ago

          it’s a hell of a hard pill to swallow

          Welcome to being a functioning adult. Life sucks, and it sucks worse when you throw temper tantrums instead of pursuing harm reduction when you can.

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              7 days ago

              That’s fair. I have very little patience for people who need to be handheld through making sane, rational decisions. That’s a me problem. It would be more effective if I were more empathetic.

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      7 days ago

      There are extremists on both sides that would ve killing civilians with sticks and stones if they had no other means. Parties like Iran are sending one sided weapons to help them win. The US sending weapons to the other is not the only factor ‘causing’ this problem.