MisterFrog

This is great, meane she's giving the game stakes too

Gentleman vs Gentleperson

Seems like a legit substitution to me

I like using "gentle people".

Would the gentle person care for some more wine?

Works for all genders

So, along with continuing the genocide, hell, even advocating for it to be done quicker with Trump's beach resort comments, the US is literally overtly more fascist now (instead of just an unjust capitalist hellscape).

https://lemmy.world/post/31482689

This is what pisses me off about high horse moralising. The righteous are so concerned with being righteous, they would prefer do nothing to mitigate the worst, if it means getting their hands dirty and voting for people they also despise, even if they're the better option to the worst option.

How exactly is having an despot in power going to help the leftist cause? They (not the democrats in large part, the people) are scrambling to react to Trump and the Republicans rapid fire undermining rule of law.

Sure, under the democrats it's business as usual of capitalist exploitation, but at least you wouldn't have the president literally directing federal officers to target cities with kidnappings as political reprisal.

I'm not advocating for voting for the democrats forever, but until you stand a reasonable chance of electing someone who will implement voting reform.

Am I advocating for voting against Bernie Sanders, even though he's technically an independent, and not a Democrat? No. Am I advocating for voting for the democrats in a very safe seat? No.

But Christ on a bike, if you live in an electorate that's on the knife's edge and can't dirty yourself with accepting the awful voting system for what it is, and voting against the worst outcome, then there is no reasoning with you because you don't understand the spoiler effect.

Voting reform is the first thing leftists in the US need to get implemented. Above everything else, literally. You have some states even outlawing ranked choice voting, because they correctly identify it as a threat to their stranglehold on power.

While the US is going to hell in a hand basket, our voting system (in Australia) means the socialist party can expand outside just Victoria. It's still a small party, that's what decades of eroding unionism, the Labor party losing it's way, and living under capitalism has done, but there are little electoral barriers against them making gains (beyond obscurity and incumbent's advantage). Our Overton window is shifting left. Our conservative and country parties (the Liberal and National parties) are further left than your Democrats.

Your Overton window is ratcheting further and further to the right, and at accelerating speeds partially BECAUSE Trump and the Republicans get back in power.

Do you really think the US electoral system is going to be left in a better position to be reformed after all this?

I reckon the US has pushed electoral reform at least a decade down the line, if not more. Everyone will be so concerned with "righting the ship" they won't meaningfully change the system. Not unless it gets so bad you have some sort of revolution and seizure of power, and that's not exactly a recipe for stability and actual democracy.

Anyway, I just came back to gloat (morbidly), but hopefully get through to you that bring righteous isn't helping anyone.

I am still sad that Trump won over Kamala. We in the provinces need to live with it too, since the US is the preeminent imperialist power.

So, if you live in a competitive electorate, as a leftist you had better bloody vote for the most likely candidate to unseat Republicans at the mid-terms, and in the meantime organise like hell to have a chance of unseating both the Republicans and democrats WHEN ELECTORALLY POSSIBLE.

You can put your fingers in your ears, but it won't change what your voting system is.

Christ.

I'd suspect it's a water safety thing, not wanting to drink stagnant water right next to their "kill". The cats I've had have always preferred drinking running water in the bath

This is but a hypothesis, though

Having a military parade for a leaders birthday is not normal. Wtf USA. Protest harder please, actually get reform this time.

We are relying on you, since the USA is a superpower with many countries under your thumb, this affects more than just you

trump's birthday parade

Me looking on from the provinces: did sum real "our dear leader" shit.

I know we won't, but I really hope we can diversify our security partners somewhat (Australia).

Not sure if you have seen this person religiously commenting better quality versions of comics and pictures on other people's posts, this is extremely high praise!

You've gained a medal from a Lemmy staple

Considering them petitioning to leave Oregon, I feel like eastern Oregon would be very upset about this

It's not the multiple partners that are a problem in my opinion (You do you. Polyamory is not for me, but no hate), it's the many-to-one relationships. Even in cases where an immoral power dynamic doesn't exist, you're still setting up for societal shenanigans if it's consistently many women to men, or vice versa, which seems prudent to avoid.

That being said, monogamy in a legal sense has probably only persisted so long because involving more than 2 people would be a massive headache for the courts lol

Probably only works in countries where one "partner" has more rights than others.

The percentages of respondents in surveys on infidelity answering "not a moral issue" from France are a bit of a cultural difference (from Australian perspective, anyway)

In most of the US, who you vote for literally doesn't matter, because your state will go to the candidate from whatever party has won your state for the last couple decades. Unless you live in the 8 or so states that could actually, realistically flip in a given election cycle, there's literally no point in voting for the lesser of two evils.

I am aware of this, last I checked there were number electorates where non-voters (as compared with 2020) and third-party voters could have swayed the outcome. My assertion that not voting for the lesser of two evils where possible to do so is dumb in general. I am aware that certain places it is pointless to vote for the democrats.

Especially with the hodge-podge nature of it not really bring a federal election, and instead being a bunch of state/territory elections with different rules for each (gross).

If you understand that [you're in a very safe seat], you can be free to actually vote your conscience and pick one of the third party candidates

I agree. Where I draw the line is in seats where it is possible to vote lesser of two evils.

Seems you understand tactical voting quite well! I have no issue with you.

I only have a problem with the drop-kicks that assert tactical voting is morally wrong, instead of necessary.

Godspeed on fixing your voting systems friend