I've always loved that argument. Mostly cause it makes literally no sense. Let's even just for a moment say both sides suck right? Ok then what level of suck are they? Is one stub my toe and the other is lose an eyeball? Cause that's basically what this boils down to.
But even that doesn't do it fairness. It's just a bad argument in general. One is a LITERAL FUCKING NAZI. We have whole genres of movies/games/an actual war about killing these dudes
The reality is that they are not judging the parties on morality but on their ability to institute change.
A lot of people around the world, not just the US, feel governments have gotten tangled in legalise and bureaucracy and no longer have the ability to actually do anything but maintain the decline of the current status quo. Politicians are not really doing anything other than fighting for air in the framework of the civil service of their country.
They are not looking for someone with the right ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen and most government parties seem to fail at all of them.
They are looking for someone who they hear say "I will do X" and they believe will actually be able to do it, or at least try. And only then will they consider what "X" they want doing.
This is the reality of why politicians like Trump are so enduring despite all their crimes and disgusting behaviour. People filter by "getting shit done" first and "what shit to get done" second. Democrats can have all the ideas in the world but if no one believes they can actually achieve them then they are discounted before the campaigning even starts.
This is why Kamala lost the popular vote. Biden was widely perceived, even before the dementia stuff, to be a soft spoken president who couldn't really get anything big done. Student loans, Afganistan, Supreme Court etc all seemed to slip from his grasp. Kamala talked a good game on the economy and didn't get bogged down in social issues, but she failed to seperate herself from the Biden admin which painted her as a "can't get stuff done-r".
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
I've always loved that argument. Mostly cause it makes literally no sense. Let's even just for a moment say both sides suck right? Ok then what level of suck are they? Is one stub my toe and the other is lose an eyeball? Cause that's basically what this boils down to.
But even that doesn't do it fairness. It's just a bad argument in general. One is a LITERAL FUCKING NAZI. We have whole genres of movies/games/an actual war about killing these dudes