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It's disingenuous to characterise imperfect alternatives like Newsom as "slower fascism". That's a propaganda narrative.
In this case choosing the better alternative means preserving your ability to actually stop fascism.
Did you see the other headline today where your actual president mentioned avoiding elections by starting a war ?
It's this type of "Harris is imperfect therefore the same as Trump" attitude that brought you to this juncture.
Well you still didn't refute it, so you should do that if you disagree with my propaganda narrative.
And where, pray tell, is that stopping? How do you intend to do it? I mean do you remember the wins the far-right got under Biden in red states? You're clutching your pearls without offering a realistic plan to ultimately stop fascism. If your favorite neoliberal can't fix American society such that the fascists don't simply come back stronger four years later, you're just kicking the can down the road and should let the people with an actual plan get to work.
Yes, and who exactly managed to fumble their campaign so bad they lost to this well-known fascist?
And this is all before we even look at Newsom's actual policies. The way that guy treats homeless people is straight up fascism, full stop. If you can't take a stand on that, why the fuck should anyone else take a stand for you?
Oh please. You don't even have the concepts of a plan.