Comment on the two party system is just one big party
KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 10 hours agoThis is not useful. You again dodged their meaning and avoided engaging. No where is completely free and the road between democracy and fascism is spectrum. They obviously articulated that this administration is stripping away freedoms.
bearboiblake@pawb.social 9 hours ago
Personally, I think correcting misinformation is very important, especially when it’s around such an important topic like “is my nation’s government democratically elected” and “am I free”, especially especially when the answer to both is “no”, so yeah, I think it is useful, actually, but of course, you’re welcome to disagree.
I’m not denying that the Trump administration is terrible. I do disagree that “it’s not a 10% difference anymore”, I’d say it’s probably closer to a 5% difference, if even that. The thing is, if you’re privileged enough, it’s very, very hard to really understand that, because you’ve never really been properly exposed to it - for example, through homelessness - so that’s a very difficult (probably impossible) position to convince someone out of. That’s why I didn’t really address it, because there’s not really any productive conversations to be had there.
I genuinely appreciate the thoughtful and respectful feedback, though. Thanks <3
KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 8 hours ago
Again, talking past someone. It’s not close, engaging in war without Congress, using the purse without Congress are drastic and alarming departures from the norm.
You’re using sweeping generalizations to vindicate doing nothing.
bearboiblake@pawb.social 8 hours ago
I don’t see how I’m talking past you, I directly addressed the argument. The differences between the democrats and the republicans are mainly aesthetic and procedural. The whole “no war without a vote in congress” is a great example, they’re not mad that kids are being blown up, they’re mad that the proper procedure to blow up kids was not followed.
I’m not using sweeping generalizations and I’m not doing nothing. I’m encouraging people to get involved with activism and it’s people like you throwing a tantrum about that because I am daring to question your world view.
If you have an argument, then make it. I’m done with the meta-argument.
KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 5 hours ago
You started out by saying that America wasn’t a democracy, while technically true, is pedantic at best and dismissed the nuance of the original comment.
Then when I point out your lack of nuance and boiled down their argument so you could understand.l, you explained it as “pointing out misinformation” and perhaps innocent, it seems like dismissal when taken with the original comment I don’t see how a reasonable individual would know they were using it informally to refer to their Congressional system.
That’s awesome that you want people to be involved in activism but activism does not and should not proclude voting for progressive candidates and perpetuating that it’s a lost cause will not win any battles.