readwaytoooften t1_is48pcf wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:37 AM

Reply to comment by ZeykShade in Analysis of US Endangered Species Act finds species are protected too late, with too small populations, and with insufficient funding, undermining the Act's effectiveness by thebelsnickle1991

This is a truly stupid take. I'm not claiming either party is ideal, but one is actively trying to undermine democracy to stay in power while doing nothing with that power but pass laws and tax cuts that benefit only the richest of the rich. The fact I didn't name the party and you know exactly who I'm referring to proves the point.

The other party isn't great, and is represented by a range of people varying from corporate shills to people actually trying to do some good. But they can't do anything the corporate shills don't agree with because the other party is actively destructive and their voters would literally die if it bothered the other side.

The solution isn't to throw up our hands and declare them the same thing. It's to vote against the destructive party and vote in the primary for the non-corporate shills.

ZeykShade t1_is4atu5 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM

One is a fascist party, the other is just making sure to never address the problems which aid the spread of fascism.

At no point did I mention giving up. I advocate for fighting fascists and those who are content with feeding it through their inaction.

If fascism eventually wins, most of those in the Democratic Party will side with the fascists to preserve their privilege and power.

One sure way to help the fascists win is to defend the captive opposition party that could, while controlling the executive and legislative branches, actively move to fight for the poor, exploited, and marginalized but instead blames a parliamentarian who they hired...

Voting for the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism. If you think it is, you're dim. No political entity that serves Capital can fight the spread of fascism. Capitalism in crisis is what leads to fascism. The Democratic Party in the US serves Capital ahead of humans.

Should you not vote for either party, no. Vote for the least capitalist that you can. If the only choices you have are capitalist, vote for the choice that harms the least number of people in the short term. Electoral politics won't save us. The primaries are engineered to only let us pick those candidates who've already been approved by the donors.