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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
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(this is a sarcastic post meant to highlight the absurdity of some of the “greater good” rhetoric we’ve been hearing, especially around leaving vulnerable populations like disabled people behind in case of revolution, basically accelerationism)

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it’s possible to have 2 shit candidates you know :P

Yes, and Kamala lost.

In Australia we are frequently voting for the ‘least worst’ candidate

Australian doesn't have first past the post voting! What are you talking about!

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Australian doesn’t have first past the post voting! What are you talking about!

I don't get it, how does this preclude having shit options to vote for?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because the entire justification for "lesser evil" voting is that America has first past the post voting

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't get it, can you explain it more? I'm not talking about the voting system, I'm talking about the culture:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_of_two_evils_principle#In_modern_elections

In 2012, Huffington Post columnist Sanford Jay Rosen stated that refusal to vote for the lesser of two evils became common practice for left-leaning voters in the United States due to their overwhelming disapproval of the United States government's support for the Vietnam War.[8] Rosen stated: "Beginning with the 1968 presidential election, I often have heard from liberals that they could not vote for the lesser of two evils. Some said they would not vote; some said they would vote for a third-party candidate. That mantra delivered us to Richard Nixon in 1972 until Watergate did him in. And it delivered us to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in 2000 until they were termed out in 2009".[8]

She can add it delivered Trump 2024 as well to that list