this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
940 points (92.3% liked)

Political Memes

11438 readers
2464 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

1) Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

2) No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

3) Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

4) No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

5) No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 76 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Now the question is which is easier, convincing millions of people to vote for “anyone not a republican” or convincing a candidate to be more than “not republican”

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps we could focus on promoting the dangers that fascism is currently presenting to the United States.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

Yeah, it appears that Americans aren't getting the education they need regarding the horrors of fascism. Apparently the largest war in history happening less than a century ago due to fascism isn't enough. A war that was very well documented, including photographic and video evidence.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 58 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, primaries are around now. It's a great time for that!

Participate in primaries. THIS is the election you want for that.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on where you are. My state doesn't have primaries till August and by then it's basically already decided.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Same here, most primary candidate drop out before I even get my mail in ballot. Also there hasnt been a fair primary in 12 years so like so for over a decade party direction has been at the mercy of quid pro quo backroom deals, or straight up just appointing a candidate. Why would the next one suddenly be a fair representation of the will of voters?

[–] jeffep@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago

Because that is not the reality of what is currently going on.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf -2 points 9 hours ago

You mean Republican, right?

;)

Same as Democrats are not democratic, Republicans are not republican. ;)

Hard work undoing the newspeek this deep into the Orwellian hole.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip -4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It depends. What it means to be “more than “not Republican”” is different for different people. Some will never be satisfied, and others are just plain wolves in sheep’s clothing trying to drive down Democratic turnout so the fascists can hold power.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

While yes, those groups certainly exist, the majority of people just truly need help from someone who actually cares to help them, and not someone who says they do, but abandons the idea when it turns out to be difficult to supply that help because it never meant that much to them in the first place, if it was ever anything more than talk to begin with.

Pointing out the tiny problematic groups without even mentioning the much larger legitimate group reminds me of people who complain about welfare because of the tiny group of people that exploit it, completely ignoring the huge amount of people that just need help.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago

Every time the welfare thing comes up I respond, so what? Who fucking cares if some tiny minority of people abuse the system if it means the people who really need it have easier access, or access at all? No one abusing welfare is so rich you would argue they don't need help anyway, unless there's some sort of corruption going on. Big companies take way more in handouts from the government than people on welfare. Why can't the big powerful successful corporations pull themselves up by their bootstraps?