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And I'm being serious. I feel like there might be an argument there, I just don't understand it. Can someone please "steelman" that argument for me?

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You actively participate in the murder of people.

If enough people did not participate the murder would simply not happen.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

So... Palestine is safe now? Not voting or voting Trump leads to people not being murdered?

I'm pretty sure that's not what's going to happen, and I wish I was wrong.

[–] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You are still participating by choosing to be a bystander to injustice. Abstaining when you can support something less bad only says to others that you do not care how bad it gets.

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Speaking as an engineer, I've contributed to the murder of more people than I can count.

Speaking as someone who has purchased goods on Amazon and at Walmart, I've contributed to the murder of more people than I can count.

We all kill people. Every single person in this thread has contributed to and benefited from death of another. You drive over a bridge, you benefit from the dead. You live in any extant country, you have benefited from murder. Our entire society is built on the lifelong suffering and deaths of millions, a tiny sliver of guilt at a time.

Electing Kamala is roughly the same level of moral failure.

Electing trump is giving an unlocked gun and 1000 rounds to a 7 year old with anger problems. The moral failure is several order of magnitude higher.