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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Nah this gaslighting is just a weekly occurrence at this point. Biden pretends to wag his finger against israel when they commit war crimes and walks it back a week later. Genocide Joe is fully on board.

[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s most upvoted posts on Reddit and Lemmy teaching us how the other clowns from the rival circus are still worse. While condemning the killings of children in Gaza with those weapons sold today.

It’s impossible there was ever a society this manipulated and stupid.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't they have a point though? Your system is broken and the lesser of two evils is all you ever get to pick.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, it's actually not true. First-past-the-post voting mathematically tends to result in 2 dominant parties, but there's no mathematical rule that determines which 2 parties. The first two in American history were the Federalist Party, and the Democratic Republican Party. The duopoly has changed several times over the years, and it could change again if we wanted it. Democratic voters have affirmatively made the choice that supporting genocide is better (read: easier) than trying to shake things up.

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

You will change the Democrat-Republican duopoly as soon as you convince everyone to stop participating in consumerism (beyond one's basic needs).

Which is to say: never.

The last time neither a Republican nor a Democrat was President was more than a century ago. Good luck changing the people's habits as well as the monumental support structures both parties have erected to prevent any third party from gaining traction, ranging from super PACs to literally the entire American news network, including social media.