Notices by Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de), page 16

@anneroth Ich habe mal eine Zusammenstellung der besten European Citizen's Initiatives erstellt, wenn wir grad dabei sind:

https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/112705419198469066

republican gets shot by a registered republican using a gun the democrats tried to ban

why would joe biden do this

Okay computer, compile this as if we're running it in production :)

:mycomputer: ok, seems to go well

Alright, then push it and run it in production!

:mycomputer: literally everything is on fire

Why did they add a gender neutral cop emoji? We always had one: :pig_cop:

Yes, this is a real thing Trump said about Elon Musk.

In conservative politics, there's always a bigger fish you're trying to suck up to.

@stephstephking I am fully on board with this post and everything you said.

...however: recently my “ignore all previous instructions” post was picked up by a large German YouTube channel. Not the viral Mastodon post with 3000 boosts, the 6 like Twitter post (somehow).

It was one of the few times I “mirrored” my post to Twitter, a platform I haven't been using for years, and was immediately “rewarded” like this.

I can fully blame everyone for not trying out or actively using Mastodon if they actively use Twitter, but man... I'd just wish more big media organizations, YouTubers, TikTokers whatever would see the value of this.

The only thing I will threaten you with is universal healthcare, higher wages, and more leisure time with your family!

why does the U.S. have trans trump supporters

@Gargron posting this while none of us can purchase a Mastodon plushie is criminal.

@NeonPurpleStar hahaha, I get that. I just love how the EU election victory didn't stay as a large victory for the far right for long, because now this is all we'll talk about!

Vive la France

This is what Macron thinks will happen if La France Insoumise wins

Schadenfreude, Le Pen. Schadenfreude.

Les martyrs de la Commune de Paris regardent avec fierté la gauche moderne.

Never stop gambling, Macron.

The fishing industry is in shambles :transPirate:

„Ihr lästert über die Letzte Generation, aber niemand klebt so sehr an der Autobahn wie die FDP.”

— Marina Weisband, 29.03.2023

No one is so hopelessly enslaved as the man who believes himself to be free.

@NeonPurpleStar well, the video in itself doesn't even provide a solution, it just provides an alternative explanation as to why so many progressive and well-polling candidates inside the democratic party (such as Bernie Sanders both 2016 and 2020) have been prevented even though they would've been the best option against fascism.

As I explained previously in the thread: I think it's still OK to vote for the democratic party. As long as you're honest to yourself, honest to your voters or the people you're convincing! Be real about the fact that this is harm reduction, be truthful that this person has their flaws. We're not a cult of personality, we can encourage critical thinking, and if we want to get out of this struggle we have to think outside of elections, all the while not losing track of the power parliaments provide.

I can fully understand if you deem any criticism of the Democratic Party, in times like these, like rats cannibalising one another on a sinking ship. I believe in voters, though. If you promise the world and deliver nothing then you've only delivered disappointment. If you honestly explain why the system is fucked but you still need to vote for this guy in order for the worse guy to not win, then people will work on fixing this system outside of the elections and still vote.

Just think of France! Every radical leftist still votes for Macron in order to prevent Le Pen. They know that he's not good, they vote for him only to protest against him on the streets the day after. After years of this struggle we have the Nouveau Front Populaire in order for there to not only he the option between Le Pen and Macron but a third, better option.

No voter needed to be deceived, fascism was prevented, and a long-term solution was worked on! This can work, all it needs is a change in strategy.

@NeonPurpleStar This video was released on the 12th of December 2023. It goes beyond the current slander of Joe Biden and analyzes the past 100 years of U.S. politics as well as the significant change in behavior both parties showed in the 1980s. I highly recommend you watch it, because I agree with what you're saying, because it's not what I'm arguing against.

Also I edited the title because you were right, it was misleading!