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You people should be less worried about leftists who despise both parties and more worried about the huge amount of people who just don't want to vote. Now it would be easier to convince people to get out and vote for an actual candidate rather than an artifact of campaign financing but hey, that's your problem to solve. Tell the Democrats to do better next time.
The guy at the lever actually has the power to stop the trolley entirely.
But will they, that's the question.
They have the ability to, but if they won't, then we still end up with the same two choices. And if picking the other side won't make them change their mind, then whatever they can do is irrelevant in a conversation about what will produce the best tangible outcome.
I reject and condemn any system that says I can only choose between two genocidal monsters. There is no redeeming value to be had.
Then I suppose you simply must reject the world we live in right now.
Both sides are going to continue the genocide, we know that, it's their stated positions. The most we can do with our votes in the current election is take a stance of harm reduction, since that's the only choice available. Anything else won't make a change to the system of oppression facing the Palestinians today.
Liberals before they vote: I need to vote, any action to save democracy must be taken
Liberals after they vote: Welp time to do nothing for the next four years, also if you disagree with the Democrat president you're a threat to democracy and you hate freedom :3
And four years later they'll vote for a democrat whose positions are eerily similar to those of the republicans today, because it's the least bad option. Race to the bottom. Four years ago, republican anti-immigrant nonsense was ridiculed, and we laughed at the border wall shit. Now Harris is all for stronger borders, and Biden actually resumed building the wall. Four years ago we ridiculed Trump for "drill baby drill", today Harris is pro fracking, as she explained in her recent town hall with undecided voters. The vote blue no matter who crowd is flushing their democracy down the toilet.
One thing I've learned this election cycle is how few people have any knowledge of utilitarianism. Genocide is better than genocide+1. Not acting is a moral choice, and frequently a cowardly one.