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[–] onecarmel@lemm.ee 4 points 15 hours ago

Given the reality of the world we live in, Dems are the best we have right now.

Obama pulled this country out of the worst economy it’s been in since the 30’s. Brought healthcare to countless Americans (my wife would no longer be with us due to the cancer she had - Medicaid allowed her to be treated). He legalized gay marriage. Allowed gay and lesbian people to openly serve in the military. Gave the order that killed Osama bin Laden. We’ve all seen firsthand cities and towns be fixed up from the stimulus bills he passed in 2009. I could go on and on.

Hard for someone like Biden to follow that up being the next Democrat in line.

Meanwhile Trump has done everything to gut the work that Obama did, and make life worse for Americans in general. The last few weeks have felt like years in some sense with all the garbage he’s pulled. He’s bringing back another set of corporate tax cuts that are gonna fuck over a bunch of middle and lower class families.

They aren’t comparable.

At least we have a fighting chance for change under Democrats. They just need to give the old goons the boot.

Say all you want about us providing aid in conflicts worldwide, but that’s what we’ve always done. We all have it great here in terms of safety because of those decisions. I can count on one hand how many times we’ve had foreign powers attack us on our soil since the revolutionary war. Hamas is a proxy of Iran/Russia, so of course we’re gonna back Israel. Same reason we’re backing Ukraine over Russia.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

Yeah this is totally warranted given the recent news. I mean, one side trying to expand medicare, the other gutting it. One side trying to close Guantanamo bay, the other opening concentration camps on it. One side trying to get money out of politics, the other side destroying democracy for want of more money.

Totally helpful, totally warranted, OP. Well done. Way to go. You're so cool and centrist.

[–] polysexualstick@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh my fucking god, the comments in here are so bad. Nobody is saying "both sides bad". This is not a centrist meme. This is a case of observing that Republicans are far-right fascists and Democrats are center-right conservatives.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

It's like saying one is pure diarrhea and the other tastes like brocoli. Comparing them is insane. There is only one choice.

[–] greenracoon@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

This “both sides are the same” lie is just as tiring as Trump’s lie about winning.

[–] polysexualstick@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is not a point of "both sides are the same", it's a point of "both are on the same side" (with said side being the political right)

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[–] vegafjord@freeradical.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

@AbsoluteChicagoDog Don't give your voice to the Genocidal Regimes of America. Instead use your actual voice fully. Don't let yourself be compromized by the machine.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

The Ratchet effect.

With this current trump slop, the democrats can shift farther right than they've ever been and gain tons of moderates and even conservatives who just feel sour on trump, and obviously they get the liberal moderates, because trump slop.

Republicans shift right by 10, dems shift right by 6 and seem progressive in comparison.

Billionaires continue getting richer, and we all get fucked. Eat, sleep, repeat.

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m honestly looking for work in the EU. If I can land a job, I’ll get established and then bring my family over.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

Get in before the backlash - "bloody Americans, coming over here, taking our jobs..."

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Obama's legacy:

Biden's legacy:

The democrats are a brutal, vicious, genocidal party.

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