olivebranch

@olivebranch@lemmy.ca

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olivebranch ,

I hate how politicians always use these things to get their rich loving person in the office. Like they didn't get richer during Biden administration. Who really thinks that rich getting richer is a Trump or Republican problem is completely unaware of the political situation in the entire World right now.
I wish Democrat politicians would stop using this platform to manipulate us into voting for some genocide rich idiot instead of thinking of real solutions. Democrat party will NEVER help us solve this problem in any slightly meaningful way.

olivebranch ,

Oh yeah, this is just a GOP problem. Like people don't get richer during Biden administration.
Please stop using every problem in this system to get your rich genocide candidate elected instead of looking for actual problems.

Stop manipulating people into flip flopping voting for the other party every time this system hurts us more and more, if we don't get rid of both of them at the same time we only made one monster bigger.

olivebranch ,

Nitpicking stories out of context is just as bad as lies. Biden does the same things, just lies more about it and hides it better.
https://www.investmentnews.com/tax/news/biden-bill-provides-tax-cut-for-millionaires-hike-for-mega-rich-214502
"However, the updated figures also show that despite the higher tax rate, those earning at least $1 million would collectively pay $46.8 billion less in taxes in 2022."

olivebranch ,

I see what they do when they are given a chance. They do the same tax cuts for the rich and fund genocides. It isn't just republicans that got us into this mess, they are working together for the same rich donators. Thinking they can be your allies is most dangerous thing you can do in politics.

olivebranch ,

That sounds like an excuse for him. He is a drug addict, he doesn't really have a choice.
First you get people of the streets, then you give them treatment for drugs.
People in high stress situations are far more likely to get and stay addicted.

olivebranch ,

It is ironic that you are scapegoating republicans for this political failure of liberals, who also support the policies that are the cause of these issues.

Liberals also support prioritization of private property laws over personal living standards.

Only socialists support prioritizing human well-being and socialism is a bad word in the US.

olivebranch ,

I don't know the exact way they are enforcing this, but if there are still homeless people then either there are some preconditions to apply or people want to be homeless or government can't afford to house everyone.

In the first case, preconditions shouldn't exist, everyone deserves to not freeze to death. In the second case, there is no real problem, if someone doesn't want to live in a house, than they should be allowed to not live in a house. And in third case, you can't have millioners and billioners and tell the country you just don't have money to house the homeless, tax them and build homes.

olivebranch ,

There is no good government. You either have direct democracy or bad government.

olivebranch ,

That is perfectly fine. You don't need to force people to live in a house if they don't want to. But kinda hard not to want to be in a warm house during freezing Finland winters.

olivebranch ,

To be honest, when you have half of the year filled with such long nights and it is generally cold, depression isn't really going to be as rare as in some more sunny countries.

As for the nazzis, yeah, there is a trend in that. I think many voters get racist because of capitalism gets them in difficult economic situation and they fear migrants will take their jobs. And migrants are there in the first place because their regions got destroyed by wars for oil and CIA funded terrorist groups and global warming. So both wars and global warming are due to oil companies .And both difficult economic situations of the citizens and prioritization of profit for oil companies are due to capitalism.
So overall, this is simply how capitalism works. It is a feature, not a bug. Without getting rid of capitalism, we will never be able to solve these issues.

olivebranch ,

Better then representitve democray, worse then fully direct democracy.

olivebranch ,

I am not against voting, but the metaphor is really wrong and it doesn't communicate how voting changes almost nothing.

The problem is that Hilary supported Trump in pied piper strategy to have an easier person to run against. This means that you are doing exactly what they want you to do and they are protecting Trump because they need him to be the other candidate so you are forced to support ice cream made of genocide.

Democrats are terrorists now, that hold the entire country hostage and demand murder of civilians in Gaza for their financial gain. We don't have democracy either way, we will have genocide, wars and poverty either way. There really isn't that big of a difference, because they support each other so they can win against us, the people. They are the same team, funded by same people, running on same campaigns, running the same narrative of lesser evil vs evil, while actually working together.

Their next move is for democrats to support same policies that republicans do now, and fund even more extreme republicans so that can be their candidate. The strategy clearly works. Whatever you are voting against this elections, you will be forced to vote for the next.

olivebranch ,

I am not so sure it will delay it. If we get a democrat then they will move the goal post for worse, if we don't we will lose democracy we don't have. During Trump there where some good antigovernment riots due to George Floyd and American army moved out of Afghanistan. During Biden, we got war in Ukraine and increased genocide in Gaza. Altough they both have same goals, there are benefits to having an evil idiot instead of evil smarter person in power.

Either way, you can vote for whoever you want and It won't really hurt. But it definitely wont help either.

olivebranch ,

Biden didn't invent the alliance to Israel, but when the conflict increased during his term he side-stepped congress to give weapons to them faster, so they can kill more civilians as quick as possible.

Don't excuse for what he has done. Biden is a war criminal.
And having NATO, most powerful minitarly alliance in the World, threatened is no comparison to genocide in Gaza. NATO is a problem just as well, but Israel needs to be stopped ASAP.

olivebranch ,

Oh no, he will be accused of being pro-Hamas. Just like when you criritize him you are accused of being pro-Trump, or if you critize evil NATO countries are doing, you are called pro-Russian.
If people are that stupid to not see this clear tactic that everyone who critiques me must support my enemies, then you should maybe they shouldn't use the same tactic when it suits them.

olivebranch ,
  1. They don't shift policies, they shift marketing. They will continue to support Israel because they are treating you with Trump and you have to vote for them whatever they do. So change is never going to happen.
  2. Either vote third party or don't waste your time voting. You are getting nothing better with democrats. Trump is a candidate that was placed there by the democrats so they can have a better chance in the elections. In next elections they will simply move the goal post and get someone even worse for Republican party and whatever you are voting against in these elections will be the democrat position in the next one.
olivebranch OP ,

He will always be here because democrats will support him so he can be a scarecrow for people to vote for them.

olivebranch OP ,

There is actual proof for that. You can read wikileaks published emails, that are cryptographicly signed by gmail using DKIM.

olivebranch OP ,

Democrats don't want to get rid of him. They supported him in the first place. They need him to scare the voters into voting democrat.

olivebranch OP ,

They both support it. Republicans aren't the only problem in this country. Both parties agree on surprisingly many things. Just like they both agree we should fund genocide in Gaza.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/20240313-congress-tiktok-ban-bill-vote-dg/index.html

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/e6ffd4d9-015b-4f3e-96b5-b2c3af5cd794.png

olivebranch ,

Wait a minute, if we get rid of the Republican Party, wouldn't a two party system become a one party system? So if Trump is elected, end of democracy, if Republican party is destroyed, also end of democracy? Is there no way out? End of democracy either way?

olivebranch ,

Trump is literarlly elected because Hilary's campaign elevated him in their piped piper strategy to make Republiacan candidate more extreme so more people vote for her.
https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaign-intentionally-created-donald-trump-with-its-pied-piper-strategy/

olivebranch ,

Trump is here because dems wanted an easier candidate to run against.
https://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/the-hillary-clinton-campaign-intentionally-created-donald-trump-with-its-pied-piper-strategy/

olivebranch ,

So in the mean time, before this restructure, if it happens at all, there would be a period where one party would have unlimited power?
Sounds like very risky, if it gets to that point, they can use that power to stay in power forever. I think we need ranked choice voting before we get rid of republicans or some sort of direct democracy.

olivebranch ,

Yeah, I don't think this article makes sense. I don't think Republican party will die until we change elections into ranked choice voting or direct democracy.

olivebranch ,

I hope so, sounds very risky to get rid of Republican party first and then wait in a one party system until something changes. I am afraid that once you have someone with complete power, they will use it to stay in power forever.

olivebranch ,

In countries with one party systems they also have winner-takes-all voting system. I think that without two parties at least, one party will take over complete power and use it to stay in power forever.

olivebranch ,

Politicians have no real agency, it is the rich that control the entire political landscape. They liked Hilary and Trump, and they told them to support elevate each other so that no matter who wins, they get their way. They do this in every election, same major donors fund both sides.

Democrats and Republicans are just puppets that pretend they are against each other, but in reality they are on the same side working for the same employers and getting votes by bashing each other.

olivebranch ,

No, the rich corporations funded both and told them to support each other. It is not just a conspiracy theory, there are cryptographicaly signed emails about this, for which journalists when to jail for publishing. There are public records of major donors funding both sides.
They are all puppets that play in theater of politics to pretend to be enemies while working for the same employer doing the same thing and getting votes by pretending they are against each other.

olivebranch ,

honestly I wouldn't risk it to wait for an election or two. Once you have complete power you can use it to stay in power, gut everyone from the party that is not on your side.
It is such a big risk to have a one party system, even for a short while, that risking your vote now for the third party is actually lower.

olivebranch ,

Trump is a democrat funded candidate in republican party. They both work for the same people and same interests.

olivebranch OP ,

Why not? You can simply say that sexism is harmful to everyone and that regardless of gender, our interests are the same on this. I don't think most will have and issue with that and if they do, it can start a useful discussion. That being said, I have a bit of problem with an overly focus on women rights over general human rights, but I do understand the connection and can talk about both in both spaces.

olivebranch OP ,

I simply reply to the sentiment I see on this platform. If it was pro-Trump I would critique that.

olivebranch OP ,

Well that is kinda what the post is about. You can do both, the meme says don't JUST vote.

olivebranch OP ,

Can you give me an example of a pro-Trump post that was recently in top?
i see a couple right now against Trump.

olivebranch OP ,

You don't know me and what I do in my spare time.

olivebranch OP ,

Are you seriously asking or was making a satirical comment? Because we can seriously talk about organizing protests. Maybe make a new community for this.

olivebranch OP , (edited )

Awesome, we can maybe use !antiwar community for organizing?

olivebranch ,

Would you bet the end of the World on it?

olivebranch ,

Territorial disputes where only common after agriculture in humans, because territory wasn't as important before as mutual aid.

olivebranch ,

it is not just farming land that is valuable, sometimes there are good fishing spots and etc in scarce regions. However those are far rarer situations and usually there is plenty of food for everyone, but hard times also happen and then most animals and humans practice mutual aid.
There is a good book about it, by Kropotkin, called Mutual aid. It isn't long, I listened to the audio book.

olivebranch ,

Yes, there is a good book about it, called "Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution".

olivebranch OP ,

I have no idea what you are talking about.

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