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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

You hear the same thing from people who say that “both sides of politics are wrong.” What they actually are saying is that the left won’t listen to the right side… as an example, I have a friend who lives in another state who is a hard-core Trump supporter, but since his reelection he has had his eyes opened up to how terrible he is, but at the same time he still supports ICE but calls Trump a pedophile but then also says that the democrats are the real problem with everything…but both sides are bad apparently.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago

    This certainly isn't true of every case. Socialists, viz., those who are further left than Democrats, have good reason to find fault with both sides. Allow me to give you some examples:

    • Republicans and Democrats both vote to increase ICE funding every year. 
• Republicans and Democrats in Congress both practice insider trading. 
• Republicans and Democrats both bail out banks and give corporations subsides (i.e., corporate welfare). 
• Republicans and Democrats both receive campaign finances from billionaires (i.e., legalized bribery). 
• Republican and Democrat presidents both drone strike "terrorists" overseas and bomb countries without Congressional approval. 
• Republicans and Democrats both kept Guantanamo Bay open for decades. 
• Republicans and Democrats both crack down on whistle blowers. 
• Republicans and Democrats both maintain a surveillance state on its citizens. 
• Republican and Democrat administrations both assassinated democratically elected leaders overseas. 
• Republicans and Democrats both fund Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.

    Trump was not created ex nihilo. Presidential power has been growing for decades. Congress has been blatantly corrupt for decades. We have broken (and supported breaking) international laws for decades. To equate all major problems with one side of the political aisle would be overly reductive.

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