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I've never seen anyone say both sides are the same. I've seen people dismiss any and all criticism of Democrats as both-sidesism, I see that a lot. It's social media's favorite strawman.
I've seen it, but its extremely rare compared to the number of times people on this platform accuse someone of saying that because they say something like "I'm not voting for anyone who knowingly gives weapons to other countries to commit genocide."
I do, on the grounds that they both care jack shit about people, aren't accountable to people and don't represent people's interest. They are two sports teams, both playing the same game of pretending people have a choice, even when the choice is between bad and worse.
Once you start to squint, it becomes incredibly obvious that one really is worse than bad. This is still a nuance that is only there to force people to vote lesser evil instead of solutions.
Are they the "same" same? No. Indistinguishably same? No. Still, they're two, say, basketball teams in a system that brainwashed people to vote for the best basketball team to determine who's gonna be rowing the country back to normalcy. How voting for the best rowers is somehow just not an option never ceases to fascinate me, but, apparently, they're bad at basketball, and another one is even worse, so what do I know?
I agree with all of this. Two groups can be bad at the same time, even if they don't like each other, and even if one of them is worse.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/10767140
https://lemmy.ml/comment/10739169
Literally every damn day on this platform I see someone unironically taking this exact stance.
Oh and encouraging people not to vote.
Horseshoe theory is bullshit but seen a lot here and on every social media platform.
"Both sides" in the context of this meme is about the mainstream, Dems and repubs. Horseshoe theory is about the fringe. You don't see similarities between Nazis and tankies?
I've seen a lot of criticism of Democrats that obviously implies both sides are equally bad, I've seen plenty of plainly stated "both sides are the same", and I've even seen a couple of "Biden is worse than Trump" ultra-tankie takes.