Re: 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting, 52 U.S. Code § 10307 - Prohibited acts
Yeah, a term that appears to have caught on exactly as well as "the left can't meme" attempted meme, given that this is the very first time I've ever seen it, and I am frequently exposed to all sorts of nonsense on the internet.
All you've really demonstrated there, is that right-wingers, when they have realised that whatever argument they were making was flawed and unconvincing, move straight on to name-calling.
Here's a crazy thought, though: Just because the far right are wrong, that doesn't mean the far left aren't wrong as well. The bit that idiots seem to keep failing to grasp, however, is that not being far-right doesn't automatically make you far-left.
Now, the far-right is actively harmful, and a growing force in politics, which makes it an actual threat to people. The far-left isn't. I can't think of any liberal democracy that has elected a far-left leader in recent living memory. Again, centre-left politics, which is about as left-wing as you'll ever get in places like the UK and US, isn't a threat to anyone. The idea that you should treat each other nicely and give people basic human rights isn't a threat to you, it's only a threat to those who would profit off denying people those rights, freedoms, and respect. This is exactly why you see the billionaire-owned right-wing press in the UK vilifying the most vulnerable in society; you know - that meme with Rupert Murdoch sat next to a guy with one cookie, saying, "watch out, that foreigner wants your cookie" whilst hoarding a whole pile of cookies. Except, of course, if that was proportionate, those billionaires that right-wingers love so much would have many houses full of cookies.
It is literally obvious what is going on here - it's no conspiracy, it's just greedy sociopaths doing what they do best: lying, cheating and stealing to get rich at every one else's expense. Again, pointing this out isn't radical leftism, it's basic observation. "Right wing" equates to giving freedom to those most destructive elements in society to continue to accumulate wealth in this way, with no oversight or regulation. "Far-left" equates to confiscating all property and distributing it evenly. Most sensible people want the middle ground, of proper regulation to prevent abuse. This is why you should never trust anyone who talks about "cutting red tape" because, although they may present his as being to your benefit, what they actually mean is that regulations that are there to protect you from them, are preventing them from exploituing and abusing you, in exactly the way that they are designed to do, and they would like to trick you into agreeing to remove them. People who think that those billionaires are instead on their side, are known as "simps," or "chuds," but I generally refrain from using those terms, except for effect, because it's better to use a real argument, rather than name-calling. Sometimes, though, you just have to point out idiocy when you see it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
