I get that people are super emotional about the upcoming election, i am too. But this kind of emotion, and the feelings i see posted on this thread have no use to anyone.

Why do we hate the people who are easily fooled rather than the people who are doing the fooling?

Will openly hating them and showing superperiority to them make them change or just make us feel better?

How long and how loudly will "left wing" voices need to be (voices like this tweet i mean), how open will their distaste for right wing (citizens) have to be, before we on the left start wondering whether the party we believe in has the "moral superiority"it claims to?

I am starting to feel like you could just switch a few words around and then the shit we believe about them and the shit they believe about is identical, in a fun house mirror kinda way

[–] ahugenerd@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think the post is literally implying that in previous elections, you absolutely could make the argument that people were being fooled, but that's no longer true. People voting for this guy are doing so not because they've been tricked, but because they want to and are doing so with open eyes.

[–] Chalix@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I thought it was because people like Asmongold make youtube videos indirectly encouraging it, saying stuff like "He's actually gonna win the election due to the power of memes and his stupid NFT's, WOW OMG GUYS! How many of you voted for him! Let's POLL it!".

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