The notion that Biden represents a lesser evil compared to the chaotic reign of Trump is a common argument. However, we must not forget that there exists a moral threshold below which neither choice is acceptable. To suggest that enabling a literal genocide can be considered a lesser evil is a morally bankrupt stance.
Saying that voting for Biden is a moral obligation to prevent the return of Trump perpetuates a dangerous fallacy. It implies that the democratic party is immune from scrutiny and accountability, no matter the atrocities they commit. This line of thinking allows for a never-ending cycle of justification, as long as there’s somebody considered worse, the democrats are granted a blank check. This is nothing more than a form of gaslighting, manipulating the public into believing that their only choice is between two evils, rather than demanding a better standard of leadership and true representation.
Libs are allergic to political power that’s not held by the same old dudes as ever
On the topic of how electoralism connects to building the left, I keep seeing radlibs saying “we have to vote for the candidate that creates preferable conditions for us to organize under.” Sounds like a great argument in a vacuum, sure, why shouldn’t we try to make it easier to organize and agitate by any means necessary? Except in practice, the only difference you’re making is that one candidate will call in the national guard in the 2nd day of a general strike, the other on the 3rd. Not to mention the DHS and the FBI operate exactly the same regardless of admin. The only time we should take this matter into consideration is if a president is genuinely going to take power from those institutions, but an Irish fella got domed the last time a president thought of doing that.
Yeah, it’s just a recolored “but trump”. The Presidential vote should be part of the organizing! Specifically, withholding it! What else are you going to organize around on a national level if not that? How else are you going to do the only valid form of “harm reduction”, extracting concessions instead of just supporting Joe unconditionally?