PSA: An extremely common shill tactic whenever one "side" of the political spectrum is being criticized is to deflect with "both sides are corrupt" and "you still believe in the two party system?" This is meant to discourage change and distract from the current corruption being discussed.

posted 2 years ago by axolotl_peyotl 2 years ago by axolotl_peyotl +22 / -5

Conspiracy forums are filled with this behavior. Are both sides generally corrupt? Well, duh. Is the two-party system a false dichotomy? Undoubtedly.

It used to go the other way when "Republicans" were "in power" but now it's being used to deflect from Democrat corruption. If you point out the tyranny of Democrat politicians right now, you will often be swarmed with these bots/shills screaming about "muh two party" corruption etc. Nevermind it's the Democrats who are literally acting like fascists.

Just an observation. I know an astroturfed response when I see it.

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– axolotl_peyotl [S] -2 points 2 years ago +3 / -5

Normally I would agree with everything you say here, but we live in extraordinary times, when ONE political party is forcing a literal kill shot on the population.

That's what I'm referring to. This is FAR bigger and more important right now than the typical 2 party pendulum.

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– Poiuytrew 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

Thanks for elaborating on your thoughts.