Comment on Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?

IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  So… Palestine is safe now? Not voting or voting Trump leads to people not being murdered?

  I’m pretty sure that’s not what’s going to happen, and I wish I was wrong.

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• frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Speaking as an engineer, I’ve contributed to the murder of more people than I can count.

  Speaking as someone who has purchased goods on Amazon and at Walmart, I’ve contributed to the murder of more people than I can count.

  We all kill people. Every single person in this thread has contributed to and benefited from death of another. You drive over a bridge, you benefit from the dead. You drive on a road, you have benefited from murder. Our entire society is built on the lifelong suffering and deaths of millions, a tiny sliver of guilt at a time.

  Electing Kamala is roughly the same level of moral failure.

  Electing trump is giving an unlocked gun and 1000 rounds to a 7 year old with anger problems. The moral failure is several order of magnitude higher.

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• KombatWombat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You are still participating by choosing to be a bystander to injustice. Abstaining when you can support something less bad only says to others that you do not care how bad it gets.

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