Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoFirst, I’m rather far far left. Both mainstream parties have traditionally been against things I hold dear. So things promoted by democrats can be poison to me.
But that is not the point.
When you have a party supporting the fascists, and a party that is less so; and that other party is against enabling, asking, paying token lip service: to democratic principles that every real democracy in the world holds dear, practices that would make the fascists loose.
That makes them a passive enabler.
There is nothing wrong with being a professional looser, and a corrupt mess, if that is what your voters want. But when it’s something that important and there is still no mass awareness of the situation, or even a glimmer of interest to do better.
That does make them equally bad. Much like a child abuse scenario where one parent beats up the children and another parent lets them.
And I think future historians will agree with me
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The lack of nuance here is what kills leftism every fucking time.
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I stand up for elections that are accurate and fair. If you look at my bio it’s my central belief in what needs to be done in American politics.
I cannot progress any leftest beliefs without accurate elections. So I’m ok if fair elections promote things I dislike very much. But they must be accurately counted.
I think I would respect many democrats more if they shared the same belief; but over the last few years I have become convinced that to be a card carrying Democratic Party member, one must be willing to turn a blind eye to how this country is not very democratic.
So yes, while democrats are better in many ways than republicans, both are harmful