I know that the hold that Israel (and the military industrial complex) has on both major political parties is money, Money, MONEY. But there has got to be a breaking point. I thought the breaking point would be the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent children, but alas.

I mean, I will still vote for Harris, because I’m not stupid. I know the alternative is far worse. But I’d rather not have innocent blood on my hands after I fill out that ballot.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago (42 children)

If you (or anyone else) will never change your vote about it, why would they adjust their position?

You've given them no downside to continuing to support genocide other than the weight of thousands of innocent dead on their consciences. It should be fairly obvious how much that affects them.

[–] ski11erboi@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Unfortunately, there is a downside to allowing Trump to win. It's the trolly problem and yes I will help pull the lever that kills people to keep even more people from dying.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Democrats already started the second genocide in Lebanon.

And soon a war with Iran.

All the "greater evils" of Trump will have been fulfilled by democrats before Trump even become president

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is a total lie. That's a very small segment of what Trump would do, and Trump wants to accelerate that too. He also holds a lot of anti-trans positions and anti-woman positions.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Don't forget that Trump has pretty much promised to import the genocide home. It might not start off with people being gunned down in the street, but it's definitely going to make life hard-to-impossible for immigrants, LGBTQIA+ people, and everyone who's not a straight white man.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's just the evil abroad. Trump welcomes evil right here at home.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Then it's not a single lever pull - it's a sum of lever pulls over a long time period.

[–] deathtomurika@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

I was talking to a girl in beyrut. Her family is getting bombed with white phosphorus.

It's not "even more people". That is bullcrap. You have the choice between the violence being externalized or fighting it at home. You choose the former. Fuck you.

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