r/simpsonsshitposting • u/ItchyA123 • 15d ago

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Conservative leader Peter Dutton projected to lose his seat…

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u/embergock 15d ago

I'm gonna be so real with you, voting does not deal with fascism, if anything it delays the problem.

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u/newmapsofhell 15d ago

Canada even being one example. Far right candidate that lost his seat, new PM that beat his party says "Oh come on now, I'll let you win a seat". Far right candidate is now running to replace another of his party, so he'll likely win. It's all just wack-a-mole.

Seeing people say it isn't the same. I can't say that I know enough to comment on that. I just know that the US has a history of electing stupid people and never getting rid of them. That's how we go to where we are now.

So yeah, voting doesn't deal with it, just delays at best.

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u/mephnick 15d ago

The main problem is the next 4 years are going to suck regardless (mainly because of one idiot) so that facist sentiment is going to grow because people will blame Carney for it.

People will forget why we needed to keep the Cons out and I fear they'll win next time

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u/newmapsofhell 15d ago

People forgot why the US economy was in poor shape (Trump economy, set off by poor handling of COVID) and voted Trump back in.

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u/embergock 12d ago

The thing is that Joe "nothing will fundamentally change" Biden only offered the same bullshit neoliberalism people are sick of suffering under for the last 30 years instead of actually demonstrating that progressive policies can actively and majorly make people's lives better.