The notion that Biden represents a lesser evil compared to the chaotic reign of Trump is a common argument. However, we must not forget that there exists a moral threshold below which neither choice is acceptable. To suggest that enabling a literal genocide can be considered a lesser evil is a morally bankrupt stance.

Saying that voting for Biden is a moral obligation to prevent the return of Trump perpetuates a dangerous fallacy. It implies that the democratic party is immune from scrutiny and accountability, no matter the atrocities they commit. This line of thinking allows for a never-ending cycle of justification, as long as there’s somebody considered worse, the democrats are granted a blank check. This is nothing more than a form of gaslighting, manipulating the public into believing that their only choice is between two evils, rather than demanding a better standard of leadership and true representation.

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    Tankies when American presidential elections: “Fuck that, I’m not voting for a lesser evil.”

    Also tankies: “Yeah, Putin is reactionary, but he opposes US imperialism so we should support him.” Or, when they see a centrist: “Pick a side, coward!”

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      Cry about it. This is what happens when all your analysis is based on idealism and western propaganda.

      Putin is a reactionary and we very much dislike modern Russia, however, right now, he poses a threat to western hegemony and Imperialism, the biggest contradiction in the world right now. Solving this contradiction will massively benefit the third world and plunge the empire into a deeper crisis.

      Lastly, there’s a massive difference between critical support (for Russia) and complete support (for China). Also, “tankie”… lol tankitty

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      Tankies when an American presidential election: this is the same liberal kayfabe that’s been going on for our entire lives and the best thing we can do is point out what its true function is.

      Tankies on Putin: he’s just one guy, you’re not describing a Tankies because we don’t believe in your Great Man Theory fairytales. Feel free to rephrase once you know literally anything about this topic.

      On centrists: wrong again Tankies just call centrists reactionaries. Y’all are right wing.

      Your only excuse for being this confidently ignorant is if you’re 12.

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      Well, Trump and Biden are not substantially on different sides. They are two faces of the same side. If the parties were on substantially different sides, there would be some kind of actual holding accountable from the one to the other and preventing things from getting worse. Instead, what we get is blame directed at “the left” (a vague amorphous blob buzzword in these situations, similar to “tankie”) for wanting anything different from the status quo. The democrats continuously show a near total lack of interest in doing anything about the depravity that they say the republicans are doing, even going so far as to do much the same things (if not worse) but with different PR branding, and then shame people for correctly understanding this means that neither party is meaningfully better.

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      Democrats are not a lesser evil.

      Also, we’ve never told anyone to vote for Putin either.

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      Jackson Hinkledink is not on “the left.” He’s the only dipshit along with just open white nationalists, fascists, Nazis etc. like Tucker who “support” Putin

      Supporting immediate ceasefire and peace, even if it means redrawing lines on a map, is not “supporting” Putin no matter how many times the warmonger neolibs at MSNBC and CNN scream about it.

      If your interests align with the military industrial complex, Fox News, CNN, and the status quo politicians who are all center right wing, you should either accept what you are (the fact you seem hostile to leftists/communists is a GIANT red flag on that front. Anti-communism is just Nazism) or, I dunno, analyze your thoughts and figure out why you think endless death and destruction is necessary to prevent lines from changing. Who told you those lines were important and why do they/you believe that?

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      Tankie must not mean anything to you other than an insult against people who hate the Pax Americana.

      Russia is more capitalist then America is.