• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The existence of Project 2025

    Republicans have a shitty pre-election plan in the run up to every election. This isn’t any different than every other election cycle, from the perspective of “Bad Republicans promise to do bad things”.

    Any other option is better.

    The illusion of electoral choice is choking the life out of any actual democracy in this country. Time and time again, we’re told which party is The Worst and that Anyone Else Would Be Better. That’s how Trump won in 2016 ffs. Republicans doomed themselves to a decade of this manic fascist bumblefuckery by whipping themselves into an “Anyone but Hillary!” feeding frenzy.

    If you are vocally against the people who oppose Project 2025 then you are collaborating with the enemy.

    You’re either with us, or you’re with the terrorists!

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      5 months ago

      Republicans have a shitty pre-election plan in the run up to every election.

      This understatement is right up there with the 'Tis but a scratch scene from Monty Python

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      I mean yes, the people who are pushing 2025 are literally using threats, violence, and the threat of violence (legal and extra-legal), so you are correct.

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      The illusion of electoral choice is choking the life out of any actual democracy in this country.

      Ok so what’s your plan to fix it? Because I have one: vote for people that want to improve the electoral system and against those that want to prevent it from improving. As much as Democrats are “part of the problem”, they’ve also been open to runoff voting, switching to a national popular vote, easier voting mechanisms, and other changes that would allow for third parties and better representation. Republicans, meanwhile, have been trying to prevent those changes, as they’ve done in 5 states now where they banned ranked choice voting.

      To be fair though, Trump is more open to changing the electoral process. The only problem is, he wants to get rid of voting entirely and remove any option we have to prevent rule by wealthy oligarchs like himself.