#online leftists salivate over. you're just not. you're just going to end up in an even worse place than you are now
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not to mention even though usamerican leftists don't currently have the political power to instate a leftist president, there is only one of the two options that will make it more likely that you can have the political power to instate a leftist president in the future (even though I can understand the frustration that that future is more distant than anyone would like), and that option is harris. as opposed to the white supremacist, whose every other interview soundbite indicates his ultimate dream is to ensure you don't have the power to instate any president in the future, let alone a leftist one.
due to systemic oppression, usamerican leftists don't currently have the political power to instate a leftist president. we do, however, have enough power to make one of two candidates lose the election. we could use this power to make the white supremacist lose to the black woman, or we could use it to make the black woman lose to the white supremacist. the obvious choice for leftists would be to prioritize making the white supremacist lose, but tumblr users have devised a loop hole, where they agitate primarily for making the black woman lose, but omit the detail about who she would be losing to. this makes their stance more palatable to people who correctly believe that having a white supremacist president would be the worst possible outcome.
#I'm still not sure how this is still a debate#because even if each and every policy harris had was awful#(and like I understand people's frustrations but by and large her policies seem pretty decent)#if she is still in favour of continuing democracy in america she's already better than trump! trump literally does not believe in voting!#it's a pretty major issue!#(and i'm sorry but if trump gets in and trashes democracy in the us forever you ain't going to get the amazing dramatic revolution that#online leftists salivate over. you're just not. you're just going to end up in an even worse place than you are now#AND trump's foreign policy will continue american imperialism abroad#so it's not even that you'll have committed this amazing sacrifice in the name of 'bringing down the american empire'#you'll have just fucked everyone over in the name of patting yourself on the back for having the moral victory#which i very much suspect will not make the rest of the world adore you the way you want them to)#important stuff#us politics
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