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Moderates would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Moderates would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.

You got close, but considering voting third party pretty much assures Trump wins, meme logic aside, it's more like:

Leftists and progressives would rather lose to fascists than compromise with moderates.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Leftists and progressives did compromise though. A lot of us voted for Biden in the 2020 general election. Zero compromises came back the other way. As we head into the election there's two major issues Biden could compromise on.

  1. Don't support genocide.
  2. Don't block strikes.

But the fact that moderates aren't interested in compromising on either of these things and has failed to provide any other meaningful opportunities for compromise means:

Moderates would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists and progressives.