I don’t think this site will return to normal until the US midterms are over, but I’ll try to be less of a dick until then.

Are you kidding me? Trump killed more people with DOGE cuts than all of the above combined. In fact, he likely killed as many Americans with COVID incompetence as the above combined killed brown people in the Middle East over the last 20 years. DJT is a despicable monster, and the damage he has caused will not be truly understood for decades.

Happy to contribute!

lmao I’m sorry. I tend to respond with the energy I’ve been given and this week Lemmy has been giving me lots of rude BS.

He’s referring to Ars Technica you box of rocks.

He’s poking fun at our anemic half phase electrical system. In places with 220/240V electrical is the norm, electrical heating elements are more powerful so there’s no need to get the water warm using the kitchen tap before running the dishwasher.

Not in November, she didn’t

Are you twelve years old?

The nominee is picked in a primary. Hillary won. Quit acting like your democracy is forced on you. It’s not.

I’m down for that, too. But please also vote strategically.

It’s more like, “even this despicable war criminal had the shame to not golf while people’s kids were dying in his war.”

#4 is underrated. I usually do #6 in summer and #4 in winter.

Right well let me know when you’re preparing the revolt and I’ll zero my optic and meet you in DC. Until then, please vote strategically.

You’re delusional.

We don’t live In a fucking democracy!!

Sure, bud.

Yes. It is the fault of the electorate. The rich cunts are owed plenty of blame for buying up our media ecosystem and using it to propagandize the public, but ultimately, the public has the education system because they voted for it, and the public elected their leaders because they are assholes.

I sense your US-centrism. You don’t want to be blamed, do you? Well how about Israel? Are Israelis not responsible for Bibi having power since 1996? Are Israelis great, blameless people as they vociferously support a genocide?

Think, dude.

I don’t think voting for democrats and expecting real change is a good tactic.

That would be a bad tactic, which is why I’m not espousing it.

The tactic is thus:

1. Primary status quo Democrats anywhere and everywhere we can with better candidates.

2. Whether or not that succeeds, vote for the person running on the Democratic ticket. (Hopefully it’s a progressive.)

If we don’t do #2, we’ll get fascists. If we don’t do #1, we’ll get status quo assholes, but at least they are preferable to fascists.

No one has suggested a better alternative to me. I’d love to hear it, because #2 isn’t fun most of the time. It doesn’t give me or anyone else the warm fuzzies, but it’s important.

That person who lied thousands of times before, and had a clear track record? The people that elected him should and could have known better.

It’s difficult to say.

I really don’t think it is. Can you really look around at our current reality: an executive branch shamelessly enriching themselves, a Congress that has ceded all power, a SCOTUS that has enshrined corruption and abuse of power, military and paramilitary in the streets, etc., and think, “well who knows if Harris would have been worse?” Come on, dude. Don’t let your urge to win interwebs arguments override your intellectual honesty. This shit is objectively worse than the alternative, and we don’t have to speculate about it.

I’m reminded of a quote,

“Democracy is the worst system… after all the other ones.”

We live in a democracy. What masters are you referring to? You never answered my very, very simple question. Every time I have this discussion with you guys, I’m disappointed further. You have no plan, but you want to criticize mine.