this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
1331 points (91.0% liked)

Political Memes

11461 readers
2040 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

1) Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

2) No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

3) Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

4) No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

5) No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Rooki@lemmy.world
automodbeta@lemmy.world
Tenthrow@lemmy.world
JonsJava@lemmy.world
Lasherz12@lemmy.world
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world
1331
Just a reminder (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
600 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16451158

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Think of it like a trolley problem:

  • pull the R lever: more rape, fascism, genocide, omnicide, good chance your team wins;
  • pull the D lever: more oligarchy, genocide, with slightly slower omnicide, good chance your team wins;
  • pull the l, S, or G lever: reverse anthropogenic climate change, create an ethical economic system, sanction genocidal regimes, low chance your ideas win now - maybe later tho;
  • don't pull any lever: let the other 58.63% who vote, decide.

Edit: corrected %.

[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

pull the l, S, or G lever: ~~reverse anthropogenic climate change, create an ethical economic system, sanction genocidal regimes, low chance your ideas win now - maybe later tho;~~ NOTHING CHANGES

You pull the D lever. You get an immediate result.

Besides, compromise doesn't work this way. Whether you like it or not, you live in a country that has embraced fascism. They are a clear and present danger to the entire globe. But, sure, tell the parents of the dead Iranian schoolgirls that "Hey, I wasn't about to compromise my values just to save your little girl's life!"

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Being complicit in making the system more evil is fine for people who vote for the Ds; but if the Ds want the votes of the 41% of people who didn't vote (some because they won't cross ethical lines like voting for a pro-genocide, pro-omnicide, pro-capilatist party), then they need a different argument than "vote for the lesser evil again bro", because that didn't work against W and worked only a third of the time against Turmp. The Ds need to either give better reasons for voting for them, or they need to stop being a pro-genocide, pro-climate cascade, pro-capitalist party.