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[–] [email protected] 135 points 3 days ago (28 children)

I would love to come across one of the voters that voted for the orange fascist because they thought Kamala would be worse for the Palestines somewhere in the wild. It would be incredible to see if they still feel strongly about it now.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most just abstained, voters who actually switched sides don't exist imo. If you voted trump last election, you never would have voted kamala even if she actually tried to win.

That being said, I can't really blame people for drawing the line at genocide of all things. The dems thought they had an easy win so they decided to represent genocide instead of us, the voters. I still voted for them regardless but it felt altogether gross. It shouldn't feel that way, they are supposed to be the good ones.

I don't think we should condone the behavior by pivoting the blame to voters, who are just trying to be heard since clearly the democratic party has stopped listening.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most just abstained

An abstain from voting is a vote that says "I'm fine with anyone or everyone". An abstain is a vote that says "I am complacent to the outcome".

If you want to protest, if nothing else, write in.

I can’t really blame people for drawing the line at genocide of all things

They didn't draw the line at genocide. If you stand and watch and do nothing you are complicit in the genocide.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I'll quote another comment of mine in this same thread.

The majority of people who fell into this camp of refusing to vote for her were Palestinians. They had every right not to vote for someone who openly said she would continue to fund and arm the people killing their families and utterly destroying their communities. The correct thing was always for the Democrats to support human rights globally, to stand firmly against colonialism and stand with the Palestinians. They refused to do that. It’s honestly incredibly gross to find fault with people refusing to politically support people who are explicitly involved in the destruction of their people.

The continuing refusal of liberals to have any empathy for Palestinians is entirely emblematic of the failures of the democratic party. Over and over and over again you will compromise on genocide, compromise on human rights itself, to defend the disgusting political decisions of the democratic establishment. It's never the fault of the democratic establishment for funding and arming a genocide, it's always the fault of the minorities who wouldn't vote for a party support the killing of their families and razing of their communities. How in god's name do you plan to fight against fascism if you can't even stand against racist colonialist ideology in the political party you support?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didn’t vote for Trump but let’s not pretend that Harris was going to stop it as she didn’t distance herself from Biden on this issue. Biden had 15 months and he didn’t, not even symbolically at the UN choosing to veto ceasefire, vote against Palestinian right to self determination and continue sending Israel weapons.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The fuck you on about? Trump announced to the world that the intent is to remove all Palestinians, permanently, to build resorts.

When did Kamala openly say the genocide should be accelerated and made total?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree that Trump is worse overall, but Harris would have still continued what Biden was doing and would have allowed the genocide to continue. By the end of Biden’s term 80% of Gaza was already destroyed, over 40,000 killed and Blinken at least once suggested removing the Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan on his meeting with Arab leaders. It was covered in Arabic media but you may have missed it. Trump didn’t come up with anything new, he is just more unabashed and crude about it.

I voted for Jill Stein by the way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now I am not saying that what Biden had done or what Kamala would have done would have been or was enough, but equating Trump with those two shows the lack of understanding of them trying to pressure a long time ally without completely acting to tear up that historical friendship between the two countries. Do you have a source for those numbers btw, a found few articles but most show way less then that so I am curious where you got those numbers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (8 children)

You lost me at pressure. I recall one occasion where Biden bypassed Congress to send weapons to Israel. What’s your idea of pressure when the Biden administration vetoes ceasefire at the UN two or three times?

40,000 was the low-end estimate, other sources estimated a higher death count: Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024, analysis suggests

Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

When did Kamala openly say the genocide should be accelerated and made total?

Your brain is fucking mush.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

Post about israel stating they will exterminate Palestinians

You: it’s because of leftists and muslims and communists and santa maybe batman too.

Way to subtly change the subject and optics. Why don’t you focus on the fact that the United States is currently aiding and supporting a genocide that has been unfolding for the last 70 years? I’m not american and I would have voted for Harris if I was one, but you are disgraceful for using minorities like tokens you can use and throw as you please, I’m quite certain that even if all of them voted for Harris, trump would still have been elected due to your f***** up gerrymandering policy. Putting the blame on hundreds of thousands and not on the millions of apolitical voters is MAGA level nonsense.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (14 children)
[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Uh..I'm sorry to tell you, but republicans and Trump won. Everything that is happening right now is happening under republican rule. Sitting in your own piss abd blaming others don't work anymore!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

Do you realize that Gaza has been completely flattened under Kamala Harris? Agent Orange is now bombing the ruins of Genocide Joe. Kamala would be doing the exact same thing as Donald Trump.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Kamala would be doing the exact same thing as Donald Trump.

Correction: she would let Israel do as it pleases without officially cheering them on.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Liberals will jump up and down at handwringing genocide versus full blown genocide due to this weird utilitarianism they're clinging to as their empire crumbles.

Biden's constituents wanted an end to the genocide in Gaza. Biden ignored these constituents. Biden lost. That is how democracy works, and this outcome was more American than apple pie.

Screw the liberals who say that withholding votes to pressure politicians (the entire point of a democracy) is somehow fascist.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Huh. Didn’t realize Harris got elected. Someone should tell orangeboi.

Seriously dude: your first sentence is fully nonsense.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Biden was pressuring Israel to act but also to do so with civilians in mind and to allow humanitarian efforts or risk getting cut off from military aid. Also the line that Kamala most probably would have towed as well. This is for those familiar with global politics is expected between long standing allies ( something Trump is currently failing at every stage currently). Meanwhile Orange Musolini has basically said “Have at it, also that spot there would be great for a hotel”. So I fail to see how you could even compare the two. But sure I guess if you happened to fail to grasp the nuance in global politics.

Unless you happened to have another point to make that is more substantive then “bOth PaRtIeS”.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No, they didn't apply any genuine pressure, just empty rhetoric while continuing to provide billions worth of weapons unconditionally while Netanyahu ignored every "red line" with zero consequences. Biden is a self-proclamed Zionist, he had no issue with the genocide. All the empty rhetoric was just theater

The rhetoric coming out of the White House, when it has been focused on peace or restraint, rather than continuous war, has been undercut at every turn by its actions. The constant supply of weapons — $17.9 billion of bullets, bombs, shells, and other military aid in the past year — has allowed Israel to keep waging its war on Gaza, and in recent weeks, expand that war to Lebanon and threaten to escalate its conflict with Iran. Despite documentation of U.S. weapons being used in probable war crimes, and credible allegations that Israel is committing genocide in its war on Gaza, the bombs have continued to flow.

Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

I have no idea what you're on about vis a vis voted for Trump believing he'd be better for Palestine. A minority people refused to vote Kamala because of her open support of genocide, but that doesn't mean they voted for Trump.

In either case, why is it their fault and not the fault of the democratic establishment exactly? Shouldn't your ire be for establishment democrats who refused to stop supporting a genocide? They could've done that, you know. This might blow your fucking mind but democrats can actually do stuff. No one was holding Kamala secretly at gun point and forcing her to support genocide. She refused to stop and instead parroted the usual talking points of Israel's "right to defend itself." Shouldn't that be the subject of your anger and frustration? Shouldn't you be furious at the democratic establishment becoming more and more conservative as time goes on? Shouldn't you be outraged at the way democrats persecute the progressive elements within their own political party? Instead of angry at the handful of people who tried to make their voices heard on the subject of literally funding and arming genociders?

Like what the fuck do you think political change within the democratic party looks like? Do you think that defending the establishment from anything and everything is how you get them to change? As each successive administration comes and goes the democrats have moved further and further to the right. They are well into conservative territory ideologically, and that should be immediately obvious to anyone paying attention. Gavin Newsom outright supported wild transphobia like forcing trans women into men's prisons just last week. And he's not the only one who's done this. The democratic party is not a party of progressives. They only support minorities until they feel it inconveniences them in any way.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Deep down the blue conservatives understand that the democrats cannot change because that would upset the donors for their billion dollar campaigns.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

The only real difference is Harris would have voiced disapproval rather than approval. Netanyahu seems pretty adamant about following this course. I doubt any conservative president would be able to stop it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

I would love to meet the people that thought they could use even worse genocide to excuse their own genocide.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The strawmen keep getting bigger and bigger in these threads. Pretty soon they will be so big we will be able to host burning man. While I am sure said voters do exist, they were not the millions of votes that the democrats needed.

It would be incredible if democrats got rid of First-past-the-post boring in the blue states they control so people could be free to vote outside the two party system with no spoiler effect. But capitalists hate competition.

As we can see by democratic inaction on reforming the voting system at the state level, democrats want to continue the hostage situation they present in every election. This is not democracy. Forcing people to vote for your preference will never be democracy. Thus the voting system flaws must be treated like the crisis that it is.

We must be pushing for electoral reform in every state, but why is it so difficult to get the supposed democracy advocates in the democratic party to start moving towards making these critical reforms happen in states they control?

Feel free to make excuses for the democrats. Feel free to attack me all you want. State level rlectoral reform will continue to be the nonviolent way out of this mess. I hope yall come around, even if it probably is to late.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You falsely assume that I even considered these people having the overall numbers to even flip the election results, my comment is based on seeing how they feel about their decision now considering they were quite vocal about not voting for Kamala because she was a warhawk and therefore voted for a supposed “better”.

The rest of your point has nothing to do with the article nor my point. So please ensure keep to the topic on hand.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I too would like to come across one in the wild, because despite people constantly bitching about them, I've yet to see evidence that they exist

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