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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (61 children)

Democrats

  • Retain marriage rights for gay couples.

  • Expand legality of recreational drugs.

  • Free food for schoolchildren.

  • Tax credits for families with children.

  • Subsidized for free childcare.

  • Expand electric car charging nationally.

  • Subsidize sustainable fuel sources.

  • Fact based education standards.

  • Stop racism in policing.

  • Expanded healthcare subsidies.

  • Preserve democracy.

Republicans

  • Being gay or trans should be illegal.

  • White supremacy is great!

  • Christianity as national religion.

  • Privatize the post office and weather service.

*Eliminate the EPA, Department of Education.

  • Defund IRS.

  • Disenfranchise nonwhites and women.

  • Antivax agenda.

  • Expand fossil fuel use.

  • Eliminate worker safety laws.

  • Eliminate collective bargaining and union rights.

  • Defunding science research.

  • Deregulate crypto.

  • No regulations on AI.

  • No recognition of child's educational or bodily autonomy rights.

  • Eliminate hate crime laws except for straight white men.

  • End democracy, install fascist dictatorship.

But yeah, they are totally the same, right guys? RIGHT!?!

[–] piefood@feddit.online 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

I think you dropped this:

Democrats & Republicans

  • Bombed kids
  • Tortured innocent people
  • Increased the surveillance state
  • Took money from the poor and working class, and gave it to their rich friends
  • Spent billions on wars, while claiming that they couldn't afford to fix our healthcare or housing problems
  • Boasted about deporting more people than Republicans
  • Backed a Genocide
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