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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

We didn't really build any of it. It was all designed by a bunch of old white slave owners over 200 years ago. What we can do now is keep things from getting worse and try to make steady progress along the way. Voting isn't everything, but it's still important.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Your comment provides no productive insight or refutation of anything I mentioned. You look like a fool by creating a straw man of my position.

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

Democrats aren't losing, they've over performed in just about every election since 2020. The party has grown more left wing in recent years but obviously work still needs to be done. Virtually every progressive in government will endorse Biden for reelection. There was no significant primary challenge against him.

If you don't vote you aren't participating in an election where you can influence the outcome. In reality the statement you make by sitting out is that you don't care what happens.

There are valid criticisms you could make of Biden especially over how he has handled the Gaza war. But pretending that you're enlightened by not voting and effectively helping Trump is not an effective strategy in the long term.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Because he did not have the best campaign staff and the Democratic party establishment preferred other candidates. His base was mostly young white people or college students who don't turn out to vote enough.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've given up on it. While I think it was silly to remove, I've come to find it just as silly to be so attached to a cable. Bluetooth and USBC headphones have worked just fine for me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

YouTube and Instagram already have identical features. Most US creators who post on Tik Tok also use those platforms already

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No one switched places. The US was really racist, misogynist, and homophobic in 1945. In recent years Germany has become more liberal and accepting than the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Very buggy on my Pixel 7 Pro. Sticking with the older version for now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Abortion is already codified in some states that are under Democratic control. But Biden is President of the US, not of each individual state. He doesn’t have the power to write or enforce state law. His Department of Justice is challenging some state laws in court. It is not codified at a federal level because Democrats do not have enough votes in the Senate or House to do that. Packing SCOTUS also would require Senate approval.

And I didn’t gaslight anybody or say who to vote for. I only asked how Biden contributes to a fascist America and pointed out that the extremism in this country resulted from Trump’s presidency. The damage that Trump did to this country will take generations to fix and Biden doesn’t have the power to fix everything on his own.

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