I hope all the people that refused to vote democrat over the Palestinian genocide take full responsibility and ownership for everything that follows with Trump's foreign policy. They approved of and enabled this.
Narrator: They would not take responsibility for their actions nor acknowledge their complicity in furthering human suffering. In fact, they would use their experience in mental gymnastics honed in defending their patronage of Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, and that local coffee shop that advertises that they specifically don't use fair trade beans and whose owner cruises around town in a replica of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard, adorned with a bumper sticker that reads:
"The owner of this vehicle has never seen the popular TV Show 'The Dukes of Hazzard' or any of its cinematic adaptations and really just unironically likes the Confederate Battle Flag and the ideals of human slavery that it represents. How the hell are we going to fit this whole statement on a bumper sticker? Wait. You're not typing that out too are you? You know what, fuck it. They paid up front and this gag is just getting too long without adding much in the way of humor to the situation. Just ship it."
Nope. There was no genocide-free option. The Democratic Party failed catastrophically; it’s on them, not those who abstained from voting for garbage vs garbage.
Expecting voters to just pick the lesser of two evils forever is how we allow the rich and those with a big platform to slowly shift both parties’ politics in their favour. Some people see this zero-sum game for what it is and refuse to partake (vote). The only way to fix this at this point is by revolting.
There were a large cohort of Americans who were protesting the Biden Harris administration and promoting the anti-vote for Harris. Some blame this group for Harris' loss. In my personal experience, it seemed like the vast majority of people were not aware of Trump's history or intentions regarding Israel. When I tried to inform people, I was banned from a community on Lemmy for being antisemitic and a genocide lover.
Biden sanctioned only 4 settlers in February. He may have expanded it to a few dozen, but this was a useless move when there’s literally over 600,000 settlers breaking international law. Heck, there’s more than 4 murders of Palestinians by settlers per month. Biden did the equivalent of leaving a penny as a tip, and it’s just as insulting.
99% of the people whining about Genocide Joe never gave a shit about the Palestinians. They were just using concern trolling as an excuse not to make unpalatable decisions.