There is no two-party system, it is a uni-party, anything else is smoke and mirrors.
A quick perusal of the voting history of both parties destroys this ridiculous opinion.
Smoke and mirrors. Both parties represent Capital, voting is often negotiated pre-vote, including dissenters.
You can repeat “smoke and mirrors” as many times as you want. Doesn’t change that the parties vote VERY differently. Doesn’t change that one party got me affordable healthcare when I was young when the other one basically told me to go fuck myself. Doesn’t change that one illegally attempted to overturn an election and the other didn’t. Doesn’t change that one stripped women of a federally protected human right while the other didn’t.
There are so many examples of the parties not being the same that there’s no other way to look at your opinion than as ignorant to the extreme.
You can repeat “smoke and mirrors” as many times as you want. Doesn’t change that the two cops treated me VERY differently. Doesn’t change that one cop gave me an assurance of a plea deal when the other one basically told me I’d be locked up forever. Doesn’t change that one slammed my face into the table when the other got me cool glass of water. Doesn’t change that one lied about my actions and assumed my guilt, and the other took the time to hear me out on my story.
There are so many examples of the cops not treating me the same that there’s no other way to look at your opinion than as ignorant to the extreme.
Another reminder that blueMAGA don’t consider Palestinians human
It takes a special kind of stupid to use the term “blueMAGA”.
The fun thing about being a liberal is the lefties thing you’re a fascist and the righties think you’re a communist.
the number of times i’ve seen a scratched lib turn fash surprised me… at first.
On the political compass subreddit they called them watermelons - green on the outside (libertarian left), red on the inside (authoritarian left). I realize they’re not really left at all, but the authoritarianism is baked in.
To be clear, the Political Compass is a measurement of what the Heritage Foundation believes, not to mention the numerous flaws within the testing mechanisms themselves.
Do you have a source for that? The Wikipedia page about it doesn’t mention it and mentions other sources, which I guess could be tied to the heritage foundation but even clicking through links I couldn’t find any connection.
I’m not saying there isn’t plenty to criticize about the concept and where they place particular individuals. That’s just the first time I’ve heard this claim, and I’m curious about it.
It isn’t a heritage foundation outlet, the creator of the Political Compass based the ideas of “libertatian-authoritarian” and “left-right” on how the Heritage Foundation sees those aspects.
The video Everything wrong with the Political Compass by revolutionaryth0t is great if you want to inform yourself on why it is a bad measurement tool. It’s been a while since I watched it, but iirc they mention how it is based on the Heritage Foundation’s ideas at some point in the video.
