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[โ€“] Chimbus@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Democrats use republicans as a cudgel to keep people in line while they do the most heinous, corrupt and horrible things. At some point you gotta stop being afraid of the beatings or you gotta admit you dont care about the rest of the world being destroyed by the US.

Yeah its just that if you suggest this people treat you like you are insane. People love to bring up privilege and revoke your "ally card" and whatnot as if third party voters and politically aware non-voters haven't heard it all for decades. The conversation is always so stale. It's so hard to convince people the election is a red herring. I can't even bring myself to judge people anywhere near as harshly based on the election because it just isn't that important.