We could go into the nuance on why that framing is bullshit and how it’s been an incredibly effective rightist talking point for well over 2 decades, but ultimately (especially within the US and with modern ‘attention economy’) populists win elections irregardless of how far left vs. right they are.1
Pushing for more left policy after defeating the right wing is a move to the left.
“Left” vs. “right” is nothing more than a matter of perspective within an Overton window. It can never be “deafeted”. Arguing you can only go “left” once “right” is no longer an option guaran-fuckin-tees that the Overton window shifts right.
Compared to being afraid and leaving their home of over a decade, only to still be afraid and now desperate to find a way out of the country?
In the same way that notable leftist Jim Crow Joe protected Roe V Wade?
You will continue to have this bullshit until you learn that just because someone says they are your friend, doesn’t make it so. Look at what they do, not what they say.
^1 arguably a bit disingenuous as the #1 factor, especially in the US, is campaign spending. But that’s arguably “strategy” not “messaging” and felt like it was going off topic.^
I’m going to need to end this conversation, because holy fuck JUST LOOK AROUND.
Emboldened hatemongers, mirroring the progression of Nazis, people who are terrified for their lives because the hard right administration is putting a target on them…
But yeah “left and right is meaningless”.
I’m not interest in this as some sort of scholastic debate. Real people are at risk and you want to try and insinuate there is no difference between Harris and Trump???
I don’t have the capacity tonight to put up with this kind of nonsense.
@Teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zone sorry if this was a complete derail, feel free to ask me to delete or to report for mods to pull.
I’m admittedly cranky tonight as two different friends in two different states specifically told me about things from over the weekend that have me scared for them, and this “purity test” crap is driving me nuts.
So again, sorry if I derailed things, let me know.
left and right is meaningless ___ insinuate there is no difference between Harris and Trump
There are plenty of differences, but what I am saying is that what you call “left” is just a different flavor of hard right. So long as you insist that ‘other flavor’ is the only “practical left” you are being complicit in the active harms currently being done to real people right now.
Nothing will improve so long as you stay trapped, and encourage others to remain trapped, within that false dichotomy.
Remember this when you vote for Democratic nominee Liz Cheney in 2028.
but what I am saying is that what you call “left” is just a different flavor of hard right
Do not put words in my mouth.
I said “further left”. Democrats are right of center, and still across the ocean from the far right that is the Trump admin.
Nothing will improve so long as you stay trapped, and encourage others to remain trapped, within that false dichotomy.
LOL.
Without RCV or other methods aside from FPTP, there are only two options in an election. Ignoring that is just a fools errand.
Remember this when you vote for Democratic nominee Liz Cheney in 2028.
Who would still be further left from trump. And given two options, yeah, she’d get the damn vote from me.
Your little protest vote or non-vote is just saying “Trump/Trump-a-like is totally fine by me”.
And then you end up with transgendered persons being considered terrorist cells.
But hey, at least it wasn’t a woman who once had a job where she had to file paperwork on behalf of another organization she had no control over but convinced to change their policy!
This is less about elections and more about messaging/propaganda. You are arguing that the only acceptable positions are far right ones.
Those positions you are supporting and telling others must support are unacceptable and get people killed.
Democrats are right of center, and still across the ocean from the far right that is the Trump admin.
Reality is not one dimensional like that. This is what I meant about false binaries. The Kamala vs Trump admin options were, respectively and oversimplified; law and order/old money far right vs megachurch grifter/new money far right.
There wasn’t a single actual leftist position that either actually held. We all rightfully mock anyone who fell for Trump’s “draining the swamp” bullshit. So how are you still in denial about Kamala’s “protecting trans and reproductive rights” when it’s the exact same playbook.
Who would still be further left from trump. And given two options, yeah, she’d get the damn vote from me.
Where do you draw the line?
At the point you are happily voting and campaigning for christofascist arch-conservatives then the new monster the old right needs to replace Trump has to be worse in literally every way. It doesn’t end until anyone not wearing a Kapp is considered part of/aiding and abetting terrorist cells and is put to death for it.
Your vote for “slightly less fascism” doesn’t reduce harm, it’s the engine for magnifying and normalizing those harms.
We could go into the nuance on why that framing is bullshit and how it’s been an incredibly effective rightist talking point for well over 2 decades, but ultimately (especially within the US and with modern ‘attention economy’) populists win elections irregardless of how far left vs. right they are.1
“Left” vs. “right” is nothing more than a matter of perspective within an Overton window. It can never be “deafeted”. Arguing you can only go “left” once “right” is no longer an option guaran-fuckin-tees that the Overton window shifts right.
In the same way that notable leftist Jim Crow Joe protected Roe V Wade?
You will continue to have this bullshit until you learn that just because someone says they are your friend, doesn’t make it so. Look at what they do, not what they say.
^1 arguably a bit disingenuous as the #1 factor, especially in the US, is campaign spending. But that’s arguably “strategy” not “messaging” and felt like it was going off topic.^
I’m going to need to end this conversation, because holy fuck JUST LOOK AROUND.
Emboldened hatemongers, mirroring the progression of Nazis, people who are terrified for their lives because the hard right administration is putting a target on them…
But yeah “left and right is meaningless”.
I’m not interest in this as some sort of scholastic debate. Real people are at risk and you want to try and insinuate there is no difference between Harris and Trump???
I don’t have the capacity tonight to put up with this kind of nonsense.
Enjoy your day.
@Teknevra@lemmy.blahaj.zone sorry if this was a complete derail, feel free to ask me to delete or to report for mods to pull.
I’m admittedly cranky tonight as two different friends in two different states specifically told me about things from over the weekend that have me scared for them, and this “purity test” crap is driving me nuts.
So again, sorry if I derailed things, let me know.
There are plenty of differences, but what I am saying is that what you call “left” is just a different flavor of hard right. So long as you insist that ‘other flavor’ is the only “practical left” you are being complicit in the active harms currently being done to real people right now.
Nothing will improve so long as you stay trapped, and encourage others to remain trapped, within that false dichotomy.
Remember this when you vote for Democratic nominee Liz Cheney in 2028.
Do not put words in my mouth.
I said “further left”. Democrats are right of center, and still across the ocean from the far right that is the Trump admin.
LOL.
Without RCV or other methods aside from FPTP, there are only two options in an election. Ignoring that is just a fools errand.
Who would still be further left from trump. And given two options, yeah, she’d get the damn vote from me.
Your little protest vote or non-vote is just saying “Trump/Trump-a-like is totally fine by me”.
And then you end up with transgendered persons being considered terrorist cells.
But hey, at least it wasn’t a woman who once had a job where she had to file paperwork on behalf of another organization she had no control over but convinced to change their policy!
Gotta be kidding me with this shit. Unbelievable.
This is less about elections and more about messaging/propaganda. You are arguing that the only acceptable positions are far right ones.
Those positions you are supporting and telling others must support are unacceptable and get people killed.
Reality is not one dimensional like that. This is what I meant about false binaries. The Kamala vs Trump admin options were, respectively and oversimplified; law and order/old money far right vs megachurch grifter/new money far right.
There wasn’t a single actual leftist position that either actually held. We all rightfully mock anyone who fell for Trump’s “draining the swamp” bullshit. So how are you still in denial about Kamala’s “protecting trans and reproductive rights” when it’s the exact same playbook.
Where do you draw the line?
At the point you are happily voting and campaigning for christofascist arch-conservatives then the new monster the old right needs to replace Trump has to be worse in literally every way. It doesn’t end until anyone not wearing a Kapp is considered part of/aiding and abetting terrorist cells and is put to death for it.
Your vote for “slightly less fascism” doesn’t reduce harm, it’s the engine for magnifying and normalizing those harms.