• OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I also particularly enjoy the insinuation that expecting a candidate to oppose or at least not actively support genocide is “living in a fantasy world.”

    I remember back not that long ago when any democrat would have proudly told you that they would never support genocide under any circumstances. For some of them it turns out there’s a clause of “unless our ally is doing it and there’s an election coming up”

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Yes, they would have told you that. But when it came down to it they’d prevaricate and allow it. Just like drone strikes. Or the Iraq War, which most of the Democrats supported.

      I’m not happy about it, but reality has disappointed me way, way too many times to expect anything better.

      The fact that we need a government at all is a failure of our species IMHO. We can’t be trusted not to be assholes.