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I know that Harris winning wouldn't have made any difference than Trump because she literally stated that she would not deviate from Biden's policy (which was as bad as Trump, if not worse).

The best thing you could have done on election day is not vote and encourage everyone you know to not vote. Our system is 100% corrupt and invalid, stop propping it up.

I will vote when there is an anti-Zionist running, until then I will abstain and encourage everyone to do the same. Very curious that going against Israel is beyond the pale for Democrats despite being a wildly popular position.

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>Very curious that going against Israel is beyond the pale for Democrats despite being a wildly popular position.

Yeah cause they get money.

>Our system is 100% corrupt and invalid

Yes

>stop propping it up.

I’m not atlas holding the electoral system on my shoulders here. I think voting is unhelpful, but still worth doing when it’s the system that dominates our politics.

>The best thing you could have done on election day is not vote and encourage everyone you know to not vote.

Why does that help either change the dems or dismantle the electoral system? Most Americans don’t even vote, yet the system continues to exist just fine. If you’re saying discourage dems specifically from voting to send the party a message, again what if I’m helping elect someone worse towards Palestine?

>Biden's policy (which was as bad as Trump, if not worse).

How so? Don’t get me wrong, Biden was a-okay with the genocide, but Trump takes it a level further. There’s no attempt at an appearance of concern or moderacy.

Biden started the genocide, there would be nothing to take further if he hadn't done that. Biden also killed more people if you've been keeping track. I'm sure Trump is just as bad, but that's the point, they're both as bad as it can possibly get and both would kill Palestinians faster if they could. Not voting gives neither a mandate to do that though. It's one element that needs to be paired with direct action.

I don’t see how biden’s policy or rhetoric could be worse, and I feel like the things you’re bringing up are circumstantial. Israel has been messed up since like 1950 and it didn’t start with biden, nor do I see how he was the cause of it, more like he signed off on it. He had a lot more time than trump to kill people, so that doesn’t seem like proof of worse rhetoric and policy. I mean trump basically said he wanted gaza razed and turned into a tacky resort for tourists. That shit emboldens israel to do worse shit without fear of reprisal. With a dem president, they know they might at least run afoul of his/her base and have to be slightly toned down.

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