“Voting against fascism is a trap!” - Every fascist and their cohort of useful idiots since the 1920s
That’s not how it works. The Overton window is based on the population’s positions. In the US with it’s first-past-the-post voting, it creates a two party system. They then compete for 51% of the votes by taking positions, which establishes the Overton window. If in the primaries, Democrats elect a leftist candidate, then when they get to the general election, they will lose to the Republican because their side of the window will have more votes. What the Republicans did was create a sense of loyalty to their party so that they has a solid base of voters no matter what they do. They then only have to compete for a potion of the rest of the votes. This moves the Overton window farther right. This meme is aimed at the farther left voting base of the Democrats because it tells them that they are disenfranchised, so they should not vote. This is literally a low key Republican campaign ad.
Yes, the two party system is fucked and we shouldn’t have to vote for the “lesser evil”.
But that’s the system we have, so you better fucking vote for the lesser evil, because we already know what the alternative looks like.
Ahhhh, “reality should be as I want it to otherwise it’s a dumb!” The motto of 10 year olds everywhere.
Hence, Barney.
