New theory drop, STICK THEORY

OP this is wildly inaccurate because you didn't put a smiling mask on the Democrats OR show how they are actually an infinitesimal bit better than the Republicans and they're dying on that hill

Both US parties should be parallel to Nazi

"Democrats and republicans are same!!!!!1!!"

yawn

this but unironically
- Well sure, Republicans are currently actively trying to strip away trans rights, build a military with the authorization to operate within our borders, black bag people in the streets without charging them with a crime because they don't like what they have to say, and deploying the goddamn Armed Forces against their own citizens when they have the audacity to peacefully protest about it, and Democrats are voting party line against every single one of those, but they aren't saying no louder than that, so they're the same.
  No one is better at mental gymnastics than leftists, I swear to god.

Generous placement on the starred quadrupeds to be honest

I know I'm not getting the metaphor here because to me, this looks like Republicans and Democrats working together to impale fascism using the power societies gain when wielding the "stake" of communism??

Also looks to me like Communism rises above and is better than fascist ideologies. Sounds good to me.
I'm really not sure what the intent was here. Was this made by a Comrade?
- It seems to be a play on "horseshoe theory" where libs always place themselves in the middle and leftist and right wingers are on the ends, closer together. With the implication that leftists have "circled back" to facsism.
  There is also "Fishhook theory", Where the same principle is true, but more in line with this "stick theory" where the Fishhook places the far right beside liberalism/centrism.
  In this one, it's a stick, facsism is at the bottom, Dems and Republicans are just barely above that and communism is at the top. The main difference between this and fish hook is that fish hook relies on the curve coming back to make them close, while stick theory says they are just close period.
- I’m really not sure what the intent was here.
  Political illiteracy from a hexbear user? That's certainly something I didn't expect.
exactly!

This is just "both sides" with more steps.

Tell me more about how democrats are not like republicans. How they're not owned by the billionaires. How they didn't deport people. How they implemented medical care for all. How they codified Roe.
This is not "both sides" but quite the opposite - there's a good and progressive side (top of the stick) and a depraved and evil side (bottom of the stick). While the parties differ in their demeanor (e.g. civility, rule of law), their goals are quite similar, which is why both are at the same position on the political spectrum.
- They weren't planning to round up an entire fifth of the US population and put them in concentration camps.
  I feel like that alone counts for a lot. Sorry you seem to disagree.
This thread has been fucking great for blocking people who would have insisted, whatever this new Auschwitz thing is, it's just as bad as something Hindenburg did.
- The lesson from Hindenburg that is true to this day is that liberals and "moderates" will ALWAYS side with the fascists against any socialist movement because they serve the same master. Have you been watching capital's media lap dogs respond to Mamdani's candidacy? Just keep watching and observe how many "mainstream Democrats" fall in line behind human trash piles Cuomo or Adams.
  Saying the good cop is "better" then the bad cop may be true in some sense but is ultimately irrelevant and distracting. Both are your enemy and if you trust either one, you'll get fucked every time.
  Sucking up to the Democratic party is like expecting that sucking up to the good cop in the interrogation room will lead to leniency in the courtroom (aka a fool's gambit)
That's all we get in memes these days. Shitty modding.
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