• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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        4 months ago

        Winning elections by itself doesn’t defeat fascism. Most of the countries that won by elections during the Cold War had their leaders deposed and had fascists installed because they were helpful to US interests. That is the entire point of this post. Just voting doesnt do fuck all to stop fascism.

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          It absolutely does. If a fascist can win a legitimate election then the people are choosing fascism and that’s always a possibility. In that scenario there will not be enough people to stop fascism because the majority voted for fascism.

          For a movement to end fascism it has to have the majority of the population supporting it. Meaning voting is the first step to making the population pick a side.

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            Right, so after voting doesn’t work, and a fascist state is installed, you just allow fascism to take hold until the next time you get to vote? If you do?

            Also I can’t think of a single time that fascism has won a legitimate democratic election. But feel free to enlighten me and I’ll get back to you about it tomorrow. Maybe I’m wrong.

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              The meme implies voting can not stop fascism. That is verifiably false and sows apathy among leftists voters. Which is probably the intention.

              Trump is fascist and won a legitimate election.

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                  MAGA Americans are real and there are a lot of them. They voted for Trump. Too many leftists decided not to vote to stop him just like this meme implies.

                  If American elections aren’t legitimate then why do they spend so much on campaigns? It is to influence the voters and win legitimate elections.

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            When the 2 choices provided are blue fascist or red fascist the choice will always be fascism