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   Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:44:19 JST Erik Uden 🍑

   The problem with the “well, some minority may not be represented by this politician but the alternative is way worse” rhetoric is some day you'll be that minority and everyone will vote for the “lesser evil” that still kills you. It's a sacrifice everyone else is willing to make and if you don't find that cool you're a Trump supporter lol.

   Any further political action outside of parliamentary elections? Any backing of candidates during the primary that would ensure a better option with no group of being being thrown under the bus? No, of course not. Then we'd actually have to think.

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 17:23:07 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     Cool, Biden's the progressive one and supports women's rights and queer rights, especially trans rights too (hasn't always been the case, even).

     What if he didn't, though? What if the party line was to similar or exactly the same to that of the Republican party? Would you still enthusiastically tell everyone to vote Democrat because on other topics he's the “lesser evil”?

     If every election is just harm reduction then a completely new strategy towards elections and parlaments needs to be formed. I've explained my thoughts on harm reduction here already, so I won't repeat them. You only got two parties, but the fact anyone, even someone not liked by the Democrats, can run in the primaries is powerful. However, reading Bernie Sander's new book shows how much manipulation was put in his way by the Democratic party's leadership in order to prevent him as a presidential candidate, so even there we need to work on multiple fronts at the same time.

     We need an syndicalist, intersectionalist, and internationalist left. If every option on the ballot is always throwing one group, or almost every group of people, under the bus, and these groups or their interests are being weighed against one another instead of realizing that all rights or needs can be fulfilled at the same time if we stand united, we will never achieve peace both internally and internationally.

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 17:33:56 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     Okay, so, basically what I'm saying is

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 17:33:57 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     Again, I don't like arguing with morals. I don't think it's morally wrong to vote Democrat. I think it's important to understand the sides here, because neither side is fascist. Trans people being worried about their future, doing everything they can to vote the one option that ensures their survival, of course feel threatened by any movement that, even indirectly, may bring power to the party or person that eradicates them.

     I just hope through that struggle and fear people will gain some understanding for other minorities, people from countries the U.S. is bombing (where Democratic or Republican leadership didn't matter), indigenous people, people who Biden promised a police reform, Palestinians, and why these groups of people may not be so interested in voting for Democrats or enabling their group's mistreatment to continue.

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     Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 17:34:11 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

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     @ErikUden "basically" 😂🧡

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     NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi: (neonpurplestar@outerheaven.club)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 06:22:54 JST NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi:

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     • Leonie :vf: :kopimi:
     @koyu @ErikUden we literally have a completely full blown full scale imperialistic war in europe right this moment, and it's not the usa who's doing it
     
     for crying out loud, yes the usa has done bad things, but you don't drop a monster like the ussr without playing dirty
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     Leonie :vf: :kopimi: (koyu@kopimi.space)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 06:22:56 JST Leonie :vf: :kopimi:

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     @ErikUden you can say what you want about the US, but it doesn't make it a less fascist and imperialist state :3