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  • young_broccoli@fedia.iotoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be privileged and safe
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    19 days ago

    Why do I think people who don’t even bother to do the bare minimum to keep a fascist from gaining the highest office in the land share blame in letting a fascist gain the highest office in the land?

    I wonder.

    Demanding a more democratic system that will actually give power to the voice of the people and make it harder for fascism/authoritarianism to rise seems like a better option to me than pretending the current system that allows people like trump into power, with ease and against the democratic consensus, will someday fix itself. Im not sure about this but I think most dictators and authoritarians around the world were “democratically” elected.

    Also, a little bit hypocritical/naive, tbh, considering the US has its far share of fascism already. Theres no arguing that trump/republicans are the worst option with almost immediate consequences for the US but if the objective is to “fight against fascism”, perpetuating the democrats in power as is wont do you any favours either. In terms of fascism/authoritarianism Trump is cyanide and Biden is mercury. Both will kill you but one will take much longer.

    Offering non-cooperation without alternatives isn’t anything except enabling fascism through passivity. You want to delegitimize the system? Go ahead. But you better have a fucking plan that gets real fucking rolling before inauguration day…

    Thats very unrealistic, theres no “solution” that will guarantee Trump wont get into power. Not even voting. However, if a change wanted to be made, protest and denunciation of the problem would be a good start; Election boycott and abstentionism are part of it. Its a shame that it is now that people is voicing their discontent now instead of when trump was undemocratically elected but thats how this things go. I still dont believe that you can honestly blame the people not participating (nor those who do) for the results of an undemocratic and rigged system. But you do you.

    And why is it that “we” have to come up with a magical solution that wil erradicate fascism in a few months when what you are advocating for not only cant prevent authoritarianism from getting into power but it enables it, encourages it and rewards it.

    … or else I will regard it as the work of a dumb fuck fascist enabler.

    “Insults are the arguments of those who are wrong”

  • young_broccoli@fedia.iotoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be privileged and safe
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    19 days ago

    Why does the blame for the results of a democratic farce that allows authoritarianism to rise falls on those not participating in said farce? If anything, is those participating in it, advocating for it and validating it that should be blamed when the system they enabled inevitably puts in power an authoritarian idiot like trump. (not my way of thinking, but if we are gonna point fingers…)

    Who would you blame if Biden wins the popular vote and your “very democratic” electoral college gives the win to trump? Like it happened to Clinton.