Post #1296775

2026-04-09 16:26 UTC

I take responsibility but still think it was the correct choice not to vote for Kamala. This is because from my perspective the Democratic party relied on its voters usung harm reduction strategies in order to run candidates that don't make anything better for regular people in the long run, other than some tiny little concessions as tribute. Don't think there can't be worse presidents than Trump. Don't think it can't get worse here. Back when Bush was elected people thought he was the pinnacle too. And before that people thought that about Reagan. But people like *YOU* kept voting for the lesser evil, and the Democrats, who are on the side of billionaires just like every other politician, didn't really make things better, kept cooperating with Republicans, and together they laid the groundwork that allowed Trump to be elected. If that pattern keeps up, one day (soon) we will have something worse than Trump. I understand the current situation is worse than the situation would be if Kamala had won, but we have to draw the line before it gets even worse. The way it's been going, the country was on an oscillating trajectory with a downward trend. Its shortsighted to only consider 4 years ahead. You're thinking about yourself for the next couple years, I'm thinking about all the future generations after us for decades. Anyways, I took responsibility, so please do your part and downvote Kamalaposts now

Replies (4)

@qevlarr@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 06:38

You explained the ratchet effect very well

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@nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 17:13

I have a fairly progressive friend group, and they still have problem with accelerationism in many contexts. They're not the ones being hauled off to camps when they talk about more ICE getting white people to be so inconvenienced they finally vote to abolish it. This mindset of I want to make a statement in a way that disregards the effect of how that statement is made on marginalized communities is still alive and well. You want the Dems to change, then you need to do actual leg work to support and lift up opposing candidates within the party. There's no easy way out of this.

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@Witchfire@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 17:20

>You're thinking about yourself for the next couple years, How dare I think about my own *desire to not starve to death in a repurposed K-Mart*

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@DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 19:33

> I take responsibility but still think it was the correct choice not to vote for Kamala. I'm trying to imagine what happened to you in your life to make your brain believe it was right to make a move that resulted in what we're currently experiencing. Like, there really isn't a debate here. Trump was absolutely a worse decision than Kamala. So not voting for Kamala when it came down to Trump and Kamala means your brain thinks Trump was a better option. Because it was one or the other...period. No 3rd party even came remotely close to winning. As in the 3rd party candidate with the most votes only got 0.5% of the total votes cast. So....what exactly happened to your brain?

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