• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    Does that person have a chance of winning, or are you saying “It’s okay if a fascist wins, so long as I can feel good about myself”?

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      6 months ago

      Folks who think Biden and Trump are the same are folks who are privileged enough to not be effected by the outcome of this election. To them they are the same because roe v Wade didn’t affect them. Student loan debt forgiveness didn’t affect them. Socialized healthcare didn’t affect them.

      And if it did, it just goes to show how strong the tankie propaganda machine is. It’s all or nothing with these people and history has shown that line of thinking is soaked in blood and betrayal.

      • Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        6 months ago

        It is true that people who are apathetic towards voting because they will be treated the same either way COULD be very privileged. Alternatively, they’re people who are already treated as second class citizens and see no help or hope from biden or trump, so their livelihoods will be consistently bad (like starving to death on the street, suicide from not wanting to burden your family over a medical bill, or watching all your friends and family get bombed to death by your tax dollar bad). It’s mainly people in the middle who are affected by the presidential winner and those in the middle desperately don’t want to be pushed towards being second class citizens- it’s a plea for status quo to be maintained. Thinking that everyone who isn’t focusing on the election are people who own two yachts is a bit foolish. I’d argue that you should probably treat the yacht bro and the hopeless citizen differently.