• gwheel@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    Still doesn’t make both parties the same. People saying they’re the same are trying to convince you not to vote, which consistently benefits one party and absolutely does not move our government to the left.

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      What have the Democrats done in the last 10 years to stop the GOP? Every ossue America faces comes from infettered capitalism eating away at society like a cancer, but they still egg it on. The party exists to collect corporate donations and make people feel like they can change their lives if they just vote a little harder.

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        When there are only two parties, the one to the left of the other becomes the left wing party. It’s not rocket science

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          On the political scale, Democrats currently sit on what was considered far right 30 years ago. They keep in lockstep with Republicans as they shift further to the right, filling the void Republicans have just left behind

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        It’s a little to the right vs so far right you get whiplash. They’re still not the same. Do you think any of this would’ve happened under Biden eventually? Of course not.