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If your vegan anarchist grandma and vegan anarchist dad were the same person.

I’m an engineer who cosplays as a vegan farmer. I live in un-ceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory.

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  • arcane potato (she/they)@vegantheoryclub.orgtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Bernie Action Figure! Easily Folds!English
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    3 days ago

    Sigh. I usually have a personal rule about getting into arguments on the internet but I have no self control today apparently. I’m not even american but this comment missed the point so spectacularly, I feel the need to reply. Not as an attack on the person I am replying to, but almost as an academic exercise…

    Interesting. I mean, I’m sure Bernie has faults but I don’t really see the point in attacking someone who created and is holding the only tent pole for, frankly, a reasonable middle of the road candidate (if we view him in comparison to the rest of the sane world).

    I belive the message of the meme is that Bernie is doing harm but accumulating support as a more leftwing senator and then failing to actually take any meaningful stance. When people put hope into a member of the establishment that exists to uphold the current system at all costs, they give themselves a pat on the back, consider the job done, and fail to look at other possibilities which would lead to their actual liberation. The idea that he serves to “hold the tent pole” for a middle of the road candidate is not logical because in practice he is no different than the rest of the DNC.

    But I agree with you, attacking Bernie isn’t the way. Reeks of agent provocateur.

    My guess is it’s a fresh wave of propaganda to wedge the progressives. What’s new.

    I don’t understand how this could in any way be compared to an agent provocateur, but I suppose what is meant is sowing discord more than the more literal meaning. Overall, I agree. This meme is meant to point out that Bernie is actively harmful to liberation of the american people and is meant to ask people to wedge from the “progressives” who seek polite imperialism.

    People don’t have to be perfect for us to join the cause and make it better. Don’t fall for it kids. We only get out of this if we ignore this bullshit and link arms.

    I don’t disagree with this statement but the OP isn’t attacking Bernie for being imperfect but pointing out that this is by design.

    Ps: and look, I get it if Bernie isn’t left enough for some of you. That’s ok to feel that way and it’s probably true for a good lot of you. But attacking him ain’t gonna solve the massive fuckstorm we are collectively going to go through. We either quit bullshit like this or die from factionalization. Like every other movement has in the past 95 years.

    Supporting the DNC isn’t going to fix your country either. There is no path to liberation within your current system. Good luck tho ✌️