A vote for Genocide Joe is a vote for Genocide

updated link as the lemmitors removed it for being "political" and then reposted it to politicalmemes

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
    hexbear
    59
    2 months ago
    cw: terminal liberalism

    Donald Trump is Genocide at home and abroad.

    Joe Biden is “only” Genocide abroad, and probably less of it.

    Therefore, a vote for Joe Biden is a Vote against genocide.

    No, it doesn’t matter that he’s an active participant in the apparatus that’s creating the genocide, because if he’s in office there’s less genocide. Which is the important part, and pretending otherwise is sophistry. If you abstain from voting, you are increasing the likelihood of more genocide and if you discourage others from voting, you are an active participant in the overall social apparatus that is probabilistically increasing the amount of genocide.

    The utility calculation is dead simple: more votes for Biden in key states makes more genocide less likely, and discouraging people from voting for Biden makes more genocide more likely. Therefore, discouraging people from voting for Biden is a pro-genocide strategy and voting for Biden in battleground states is an anti-genocide strategy. You should vote for Biden unless you live in a solid blue state, and even then it’s not a bad idea.

    TLDR: if you encourage people to not vote for Biden, that’s supporting genocide. Accelerationism never works for us.

    Interesting, face the wall please.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        38
        2 months ago

        not doing anything about trans genocide in florida and so on is tacit support of it

        • @Sons_of_Ferrix
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          24
          2 months ago

          "But Biden is powerless to stop that! Also Trump would totally have the power to do it more cuz the GOP just magically has more executive power somehow!"

          • Greenleaf [he/him]
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            22
            2 months ago

            The GOP has shown the executive does have a lot of power, it reaffirms that Biden could do something but is actively choosing not to.

          • AnarchoAnarchist [none/use name]
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            2 months ago

            I'm not in the habit of praising Nazis.

            But I do wish that Democrats had even a quarter of their "will to power". Their willingness to bend the levers of power in the direction they see fit. Their willingness to ignore norms and decorum, in order to further their agenda. The ruthless cunning, the naked real politique, The decades long plans like slowly taking over the federal judiciary.

            Of course, what I'm complaining about is the system working as intended. The fecklessness of democrats is not a bug. It is a feature of the system.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      2 months ago

      The Tomekians want to kill everyone in the Valley and use the Giant Warrior to take over the world.

      We Pejites only want to kill everyone in the Valley and use the Giant Warrior to destroy the Toxic Jungle.

      Therefore, a vote for Pejite is a vote against genocide.

      No, it doesn't matter that we're actively luring the insects into your homeland to kill everyone to drive out the Tomekians and seize the Giant Warrior because while we're in power there's less genocide. Which is the important part, and pretending otherwise is sophistry. If you don't support our ploy, you are increasing the likelihood of more genocide and if you try to stop it, you are an active participant in the overall social apparatus that is probabilistically increasing the amount of genocide.

      The utility calculation is dead simple: more dead Tomekians in the Valley makes more genocide less likely, and discouraging people from supporting Pejite makes more genocide more likely. Therefore, discouraging people from supporting Pejite is a pro-genocide strategy and supporting Pejite in the Valley is an anti-genocide strategy. You should support Pejite unless you're safely removed from the conflict and even then it's not a bad idea.

      TLDR: if you encourage people to stop Pejite from luring insects into the Valley, that's supporting genocide. Accelerationism never works for us.

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    • Moss [they/them]
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      36
      2 months ago

      Literally voting for 99% Hitler. I hope this person gets deported to Palestine and faces and IDF rifle. Just pure fascism

      "Our genocide is fine because its happening to brown people over there. Their genocide is bad because I will have to see it."

    • @robinn_IV
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      36
      2 months ago

      The inevitable result of lesser-evilism is infinitely voting for greater and greater evils while screaming "just ONE MORE election and then we can vote for something; this is the most important election of our lives, this is where we defeat fascism by electing 99% Hitler, then afterwards we can oppose him."

      "Yes the other candidate is literally committing genocide, but I drank the Water of Life and am able to see that 'if he’s in office there’s less genocide...' And how can I know this? For I am the Kwisatz Haderach!" Lib media reference but I just watched Dune 2 and it was great.

    • nightshade [they/them]
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      34
      2 months ago

      The utility calculation is dead simple

      I want to know what kind of backup plans these people have in mind, if it really is so important that Trump does not become president again. I'm just saying, if enough people refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of injust laws (y'know, like the explicitly undemocratic ones which let Trump win last time) and carry out disruptive protests (at the bare minimum) against it, it becomes harder for that law to stay intact. Which is kind of important, since there hasn't been much success in getting rid of terrible, unpopular laws through the "proper" channels. It doesn't even interfere with voting, so it's not like they have an excuse to not plan for that.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        22
        2 months ago

        I've never heard these people talk about what the plan is supposed to be if Trump gets elected. If it's such a dire emergency, what's the contingency? Do a liberal January 6th?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      26
      2 months ago

      Liberals inventing new forms of algebra to justify how much genocide is necessary in order for democracy to still exist.

      These libs always sound like they're trying to convince themselves more than their opponents

      • @DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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        6
        2 months ago

        Lib arguments make way more sense from this angle, when you treat them as though they aren't talking to you, but to themselves. That's why they always just repeat the same things over and over, to convince themselves of it.