arrow74 @ arrow74 @lemm.ee

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Ranked choice voting isn't hard. There are 10 minute YouTube videos for children that explain the concept, just add it to civics class curriculum.

And about 35% of people will still blame it on the dems, 5% will just vote based on the economy (if good vote incumbent party, if bad vote opposing party), so maybe we can hope the remaining 10% can be swayed to reason. First past the post voting is so so bad

It's civilians on both sides. Let's not ignore that.

If these were random people I'd feel bad, but they've made their stances clear. But continue with the anti-semetism claims. Favorite tactic of the far right these days.

They're dedicating time to the other side of the conflict. This isn't a protest about some unrelated topic. This is directly related.

So maybe save the bad faith arguments? Or at least make one that's more convincing

Marching for 20 hostages to me implies they are completely okay with actions being taken against the Palestinian people. Why march for 20 when millions are facing starvation. Hell the total blockade means the hostages aren't likely getting much food either.

So either they don't care about the genocide or they value the lives of millions as lesser.

There was a time when I would have felt bad for these people, but I'm over it.

As to what the right has to do with this, they have been the most enthusiastic supporters of the genocide. So seems like a fair assumption to me.

I think there's a difference between prepared food and processed food. It can be a blurry line though.

Maybe it is just being European though. American food standards are trash. The stuff allowed in our food is insane

I don't have conflicted feelings. I'm sure the people engaged in this protest would be more than happy to strip me, my family, and my friends of my rights and finish the destruction of the US.

The right has lost my sympathy.

This is a bit disingenuous. When listed like that on food it's because all of those were added in individually to create an ultra processed amalgamation resembling food. Otherwise ingredients would just say bannana.

Processed foods have been clinically shown to be harmful to us. Bannanas seem to be okay

And yet the US Army has infinite money

Gru looking ass

It molts eventually, never the same after

They're clearly not "jumping" they're pushing the earth away

Imagine if growing a plant in your home was legal and the police had to figure out something else to do with their time

Yes that's going to get the working class to unite. You've solved it.

I'll let you in on a secret. The wealthy will continue to exploit the entire world regardless of how many workers in their country go hungry. You're advocating for the worker to suffer for the sake of suffering

The video of Trump sucking his toes was peak comedy though

You do make a good point. They could have more going on and maybe just have a weaker advertisement of it. I'll look deeper into my local chapter

All my local PSL does is go to protests and post gofundmes.

Seems a lot like the type of lackluster activism you accused me of

Sure the parent organization has a better message, but they seem generally ineffective. But I guess that's what the system is designed to do. No real change can occur without revolt. And that will be suppressed with extreme violence.

Very helpful I'll be sure to tell my sister that next time she calls me crying.

I'm starting to think the worker is low on your priority list

Let me talk about my personal life for a bit. Maybe you've never met a worker or maybe you're too concerned about your moral high ground to take a pause and think about everyday people's lives.

My sister called me yesterday crying after Trump's "big beautiful bill" passed the house. She is deathly afraid of how she'll make ends meet without food stamps or the medicaid that pays for my niece to have Healthcare. So now she worries about being able to feed her daughter, a daughter she had no choice in whether or not to have thanks to state laws.

The idea that there is no conceivable difference is bullshit. Should two full time workers struggle so much? Absolutely not. They should be able to afford to live, and food stamps is a band aid solution. But it keeps people fed. Neither party wants to fix the cause, but only one wants to cut food stamps. Only one wants to end school lunch programs, end abortion, disenfranchise women, and we both know I can keep going.

Yes both are evil, and I'll concede Guantanamo Bay. It's sad that I was thinking about the new one in El Salvador and forgot that one. The crimes of this government is astounding.

You're not even wrong about how the working class need socialism they do. Without a doubt. That's unfortunately not coming tomorrow, and we are stuck with a binary choice. Unless of course there's an armed revolution neither of us will be starting so maybe skip the rhetoric or feel free to prove me wrong. When presented with an unsatisfactory binary choice I'll vote for the one that is less likely to cause my family to go hungry.

I agree the system is broken, and our options are limited. We can take up arms against the state, but that may not go so well. The only option that they won't execute us for is picking harm reduction at the ballot box. Not satisfactory but at least my niece gets to eat and my sister can sleep a bit easier. We can of course protest, but that has always seemed ineffective as well. I go, but especially in modern day it seems lack luster. If you have any suggestions feel free to give them. But I will always pick the choice that causes the least amount of harm while trying to figure out the path forward to something better.

Sorry I'm not going to buy your "both sides are the same" bullshit when one side is currently utilizing a foreign gulag.

Neither is ideal, but it doesn't take a genuis to parse out which is worse for the worker.

It's low key Nazi apology rhetoric