• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    The question to undecided moderates is if they’re going to vote against Trump and project 2025. To do that, they have to vote for the Democratic presidential candate (and down-ballot Democrats if they have Republican opponents). At the moment, this happens to be Biden.

    Biden at his worst is better than Trump at his best. That’s the contest.

    Heck, a sack of potatoes is better than Trump at his best.

    Yes, it may be a contest between King Log and King Heron (boy the tropes of tyranny are old) but if Heron wins, he’ll totally eat all the frogs. (That’s us in this story.)

    If enough moderates can’t work out this math, then the United States was fucked at its founding. Then government actually by the people may not be possible (though we haven’t yet tried sortition).

    Voting out Trump should be a no-brainer. 2016 should be a lesson to us we can’t second guess ourselves. We also need to make sure elections are fair and conducted in good faith, and were prepared for coup d’etat actions procedural, legal or violent, and we should be prepared against civil war.

    After all, if Democracy must die, it shouldn’t go gentle.