Comment on Imperialism, authoritarianism and oppression is bad all around m'kay

pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Now hang on. If you pretend the two teams are the same and refuse to pick a side because neither is perfect so it doesn’t matter, you are an enabler of fascism.

  You can support a team while acknowledging their flaws. Refusing to play because the better team isn’t perfect is either naive or malicious.

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  • dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Or you can not join a team and evaluate things individually based on their merits

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    • Soup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You still have to commit to an actual decision when the times come. Adjusting each cycle is what everyone should be doing, knowing that each person will likely stay where they’re at because why wouldn’t they?

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s what I do.

      Not surprisingly, the Republicans are always the worst and the only local opposition that has a slim chance of winning are Dems so I end up voting a straight Dem ticket despite refusing to register for the party. If there was an independent with a chance of winning I would consider them, but haven’t seen any on the local positions.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah sure that works, unless one team is the Republican party.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you like being ineffective at driving change, then yes this is an option. Otherwise, you’ll have to work through one of the gate keepers.

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      • dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You do have to take the context of power structures around you into account, but you do not have to assimilate into tribalism to be an effective voter.

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  • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Once you talk about “both teams”, you imply there are only two instead of supporting those who to this day resist all states

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you’re talking about a presidential election, there are two teams. The rest of the time, you should work on your own team, but when the big race is happening, there are only two viable contenders.

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      • lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The meme is about US imperialism versus (supposedly) Chinese imperialism. And the election is over, not every meme is about that anymore.

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      • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Shouldn’t you be then using some amendment to restore democracy? Because that surely isn’t democracy.

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  • pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Is this intentional misinterpretation for mischief purposes, or is this your best?

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      No, I’m saying there are “radical centrists” who pretend they are above the fray and claim both sides are equally flawed, while invariably showing up to vote for conservatives.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campism

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• Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Not really the point, but that’s a funny little oxymoron; to be a radical anything you’d need to be actually committed to something so much that you want to do actual ground work to further a cause.

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  • sazey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Radical centrism:

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    • RarePossum@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You could’ve gone with Radial centrism though

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It is a real thing but the term radical is used a bit different

    The radical in the term refers to a willingness on the part of most radical centrists to call for fundamental reform of institutions.[1] The centrism refers to a belief that genuine solutions require realism and pragmatism, not just idealism and emotion

    So not radical as in extremist action but radical change

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• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lol, this place has changed its tone a lot now that the US election is over

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