cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15153298

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15152535

@CornelWest

I salute my brother @macklemore

using his powerful artistry to tell some painful truths! #TruthJusticeLove

@macklemore

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

Direct video link: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1787615905813499904/pu/vid/avc1/720x1280/WmvIcNsGQCycXtsZ.mp4

Source: https://twitter.com/CornelWest/status/1787757314218295729

  • Tamo240@programming.dev
    7·
    7 months ago

    Your principles are sound, but not voting in any election is imo equivalent to voting for whoever wins. If that turns out to be Trump your moral high ground has no basis because you actively enabled that result.

    Voting for a candidate doesn’t have to mean endorsing their entire being, it can be for many reasons, most noteably tactical voting to ensure the least bad outcome.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
      13·
      7 months ago

      This isn’t a matter of disagreeing with this or that policy of a candidate. This is genocide. I don’t need to agree 100% with a candidate to vote for them, but I do have a limit and if anything exceeds it, it’s genocide.

      • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        Whether you like it or not, refusing to vote for “less genocide” under FPTP is a step towards “more genocide”.

        I get the sentiment, nobody likes what FPTP has done for our options when voting, but refusing to play the system isn’t the grand stand you think it is.

        • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
          13·
          7 months ago

          I refuse to participate in a system that forces me to choose between two genocides. There is no victory worth giving political backing to a genocide. A system so evil cannot be redeemed.

          • Tamo240@programming.dev
            5·
            7 months ago

            Not voting is still participating in the system because you live with the results, sorry mate. You don’t get to opt out then absolve yourself of guilt from the result if its the worst case.

            • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
              12·
              7 months ago

              Oh I’ll still be guilty of paying taxes, and of not doing more, but I won’t be guilty of voting for a genocidaire. Call it a boycott, call it conscientious objection, call it whatever you want, but I won’t sign my name to a genocide.

              • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                41·
                7 months ago

                but I won’t sign my name to a genocide.

                Taking away a vote for “less genocide” is equal to voting for more.

                You seem to care more about shortsighted moral grandstanding than actually giving a fuck about the body count.

                • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
                  12·
                  7 months ago

                  It is a sad day indeed when opposing an active genocide is characterized as “moral grandstanding”.

                  • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    21·
                    7 months ago

                    Choosing the path that makes more death more likely while claiming to want no death…yeah, that’s moral grandstanding.

                    I get that it’s a real-life “trolley problem” situation, but it really isn’t that complicated. It sucks that the lever only goes two ways because of FPTP, but you’re not a more moral person for refusing to touch it.

                    If you actually care about people being killed, then join the movement against the FPTP system so that in the future “no genocide” will be an option, and in the meantime exercise your ability to save lives.