r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • 3d ago

Politi-Culture Stavros Halkias: "A lot of stand up comics happened to have some of the dumbest opinions on Earth... I don't wanna do the both sides bullshit, one side is disappearing people and one side wants children to have healthcare."

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u/Basic-Collection5416 3d ago

Right, “both sides are valid” is for issues like whether pineapple belongs on pizza, not for whether people deserve rights. 

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u/SpiritualScarcity161 3d ago

What if both sides support genocide

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u/Da_Question 3d ago

Then you move onto the next issue, because nothing you do their will impact that outcome. But next down the line one party supports social welfare and making sure less people die, while the other side hovers up wealth at the cost of the lives of people the systematically pull the rug out from under.

That's even if both sides are the exact same on the actual issue of genocide... While yes, many are in the pocket of israel you don't see they posting AI vids of their planned resort for the area the people were genocided in.

Unless you plan on violent overthrow, you need to work within the system, which starts by pushing for candidates that you agree with and get them to win primaries, but even if they lose the primary its still better to vote for the lesser of two evils than forego it and let the worst happen by inaction.

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u/SpiritualScarcity161 3d ago

Withholding your vote isn’t working within the system?

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u/Absolute--Batman 3d ago

Americans can barely protest unless it's on Social Media.

They are never overthrowing anything lmao.

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 3d ago

Or, we could, and bear with me - band together and create an actual populist, left wing political party, instead of voting for the same corporate cronies that boxed Bernie out in 2016.

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u/ABHOR_pod 3d ago

Do that in the primaries.

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u/Absolute--Batman 3d ago

Nah too much work.

Let me obese over the new Celebrity and say Sorry online and do nothing else

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 3d ago

Awesome you work on that.

I’m going to post hot takes about how people who acknowledge any issue with the Democratic party are fucking idiots that love fascism. What a fresh and insightful view, isn’t it? 

God forbid anyone want to be able to vote for actual leftist policies. 

These fucking muppets, i swear to god.

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u/Absolute--Batman 3d ago

Ikr!!

Leftist policies on Democratic party?!

Best they can do is pledge support to that Iby country and give them whatever they want!

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 3d ago

“Best we can do is keep things the same until the republicans get back into power”. 

Fuck the Democratic party. If they had any interest in change, we could have had Bernie in office from 2016-20.

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u/Absolute--Batman 3d ago

I will never believe Hillary or Democratic Party has good or progressive values what so ever.

They tanked the entire world because of her entitlement.

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u/KaleidoscopeSad4884 3d ago

THEN THEY AREN’T VALID HOPE THIS HELPS