The 92-page document has to be voted on by delegates on Monday evening and was finalized by the party’s platform committee just before President Joe Biden stepped down from the race.
        • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
          22·
          3 months ago

          2M people live in Gaza. The death toll according to the Gaza Health Ministry is nearly 41,000.

          The point I’m trying to make is that given what Trump has said about Gaza and Palestine in general, what reason do we have to believe that 41,000 won’t turn into 410,000 under a Trump presidency?

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
            23·
            3 months ago

            The confirmed death toll is 41.000

            The estimated death toll according to Lancet medial magazine is 180.000.

            Combined with all the long term effects and sicknesses this Genocide will have on the Palestinians

            I see no indication Trump will be any worse than the Democrats for Palestinians. Only more honest about his policy.

            • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
              22·
              3 months ago

              https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/trump-donors-israel-gaza-palestinian-protests

              Donald Trump has told a group of wealthy donors that he will crush pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses if he is returned to the White House.

              The former president and presumptive Republican nominee called the demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza part of a “radical revolution” and promised the predominantly Jewish donors that he would set the movement back 25 or 30 years if they helped him beat Joe Biden in November’s presidential election.

              “If you get me re-elected, we’re going to set that movement back 25 or 30 years,” Trump replied, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the event.

              Under a Trump administration, he’s openly said he would be prepared to use police and even the military to crush pro-Palestinian protests in America-- protests that, under the current administration, largely haven’t been shut down by police and military sent in as a result of the Biden administration. Biden/Harris are from from perfect but why are we going to pretend that there would be no difference between their administration largely doing nothing to shut down pro-Palestinian protesters vs Trump openly saying he’s crush the protests?

              Can I ask you why you believe the overwhelming majority of Muslims in America have voted for Biden over Trump, and will vote Harris over Trump? Because damn near every Muslim American I know who is pro-Palestinian is voting for Harris come November despite knowing she’s far from perfect.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
                21·
                3 months ago

                Words mean nothing. The Democrats have done far more damage to Palestine than I ever expected Trump to do.

                You are still under the illusion that Democrats aren’t fully suporting the Genocide and annexation of the West Bank while Democrats are about to start WW3 to appease Netanyahu.

                Trump promises big talk and under delivers. You seem to repeat his every word when it’s threats but when it’s promises you realize he always exaggerates. He will be the same as the Democrats.

                • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
                  11·
                  3 months ago

                  Didn’t Trump just try to actively meddle and stop a ceasefire agreement last night between Netanyahu and the Dems? And we’re still pretend they’re the same?

                  Do folks like you ever wonder why most Muslims would never vote Trump?

          • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish
            12·
            3 months ago

            The Gaza Health Ministry was bombed into being non-functional months ago. The ‘official’ number has been frozen so long that even the genociders have begun to cling to it because it’s such an obvious undercount.

      • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
        46·
        3 months ago

        Once we get representational voting instead of first past the post. As long as we have first past the post, we vote for the not fascist, then we work at a local level.

        • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
          52·
          3 months ago

          So never, got it. Glad we can reconfirm that liberals will never actually push for change, just virtue signal and go to brunch until it’s time to vote again.

          • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
            11·
            3 months ago

            Or, vote locally, get involved with local politics and push for change. Get representative voting locally, and push it up from grass roots. But you’d rather Trump win.

            • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
              21·
              3 months ago

              Or, vote locally, get involved with local politics and push for change.

              Local elections matter far more than federal elections, sure. “Push for change” is just vibes, do you mean asking reps politely? Historically that doesn’t really work at enacting major change.

              Get representative voting locally, and push it up from grass roots.

              Why do you think this would work? When has reformism worked?

              But you’d rather Trump win.

              Nope. Saying the Dems are merely the more moderate face of a genocidal empire doesn’t mean I want the GOP. Both parties form the evil empire.

              • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
                11·
                3 months ago

                I mean, either campaign for, run for, or vote for local officials that boost rank-choice-voting. Get your county to apply it. Then push for your state. Then we’ll work on the country. But until then, vote Democrat for president so that Trump doesn’t take away your vote, and we can keep working at it.

                • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  3 months ago

                  Sorry my blue/red local officials don’t want rank choice voting, but I have to vote for one of them according to you, so what do I do?

                  • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    3 months ago

                    At a local level? Run for office. At a local level you only have to convince a few hundred people to vote for you. I (repeatedly) told you it’s only black and white at the president level. There is not enough support to get a third party president yet. So build up support by building your party through local positions.

                • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
                  11·
                  3 months ago

                  I mean, either campaign for, run for, or vote for local officials that boost rank-choice-voting.

                  Why do you think politicians would hurt their power and damage their donors?

                  Get your county to apply it. Then push for your state. Then we’ll work on the country.

                  How? Why would representatives change?

                  But until then, vote Democrat for president so that Trump doesn’t take away your vote, and we can keep working at it.

                  Seems I don’t have a vote either way, and it’s more important to build up dual power to eventually replace this wretched system.

                  • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
                    21·
                    3 months ago

                    It seems like you’ve decided you are powerless, so you are. You don’t want to work at a local level to build up third parties who would agree with your policies. You just want to whine on the internet. So I’m done. Enjoy your whining.

        • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
          31·
          3 months ago

          They have that voting system in both Japan and Australia, doesn’t make a bit of difference, still capitalist dictatorships. Australia is also still carrying out their eviction of its indigenous peoples under that system, just like the US.

              • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
                1·
                3 months ago

                Sorry, I inferred from your comment that you’re saying that it’s not worth trying to pursue ranked choice voting because Hitler was elected I’m a similar system. I thought this was idiotic, since all forms of government have led to horrible acts of violence in one country or another, so I asked what government you would support under that condition. If I misconstrued your point, then illuminate me. What does your comment mean?

                • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  12·
                  3 months ago

                  I thought this was idiotic, since all forms of government have led to horrible acts of violence in one country or another

                  And yet your solution is to tweak voting slightly.

                  The issue isn’t what form the government takes, it’s who the ruling class is. No matter what reforms you apply to the system it’s just going to be the same people producing the same outcomes because of the same built in interests.