"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that ‘some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest’ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ‘social fascists.’

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

  • GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    No, you should do all you can to place an alternative candidate who is competitive

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      3 months ago

      Sure, I’d agree with that too, but I’d say a literal rock should be competitive to Trump in a sane universe.

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        3 months ago

        Fine, declare our universe not sane, we’d agree on that.

        In this universe Harris is that only competitive rock.

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        3 months ago

        Until a bunch of morons say “that rock didn’t embrace my issue hard enough, so I’m voting for that stick over there instead” and we end up with trump again.