Don’t vote for president if you don’t want to, I get it. It’s stupid we only have 2 options, especially when both are in mental decline and show little to no ambition to reduce needless deaths and suffering. Both want to move this country towards fascism, and both are creating a worse world they won’t have to live in for much longer.
To those who see this and think I’m saying both sides are the same, I’m not. I’ll probably vote for Biden in November because he’s driving towards the cliff at a slower speed and at least does the bare minimum for marginalized in this country. Also Trump said some pretty racist shit last night. Still, to those who don’t want to support either candidate for the reasons above, that’s valid.
The point I’m getting to is VOTE DOWN BALLOT. Vote for your congress person and your senator, both federal and state. Vote for your city council and your sheriff and whatever bills there are and everything else. That’s where the fight still matters. That’s where you can make the most difference. The social justice you want to see won’t get near the white house until it’s represented in the lower offices. It doesn’t matter who the president is if you get enough decent people in a position to stand in their way.
unnecessary addendum
That’s the important bit but here’s a some sort messages to a few blocks of voters. To Republicans and right wingers, you should reevaluate your positions because what you’re supporting is stupid and selfish and often inhumane. To Democrats, if you get enough control over the house and senate it doesn’t really matter if Trump is president, also recognize and correct the failures of your party please. To the leftists, please run for office and bring those ideas into the mainstream discussion, try to reach out to your community and to share rather than driving them away with self righteousness. Also, don’t be bigoted, that goes for everyone.
Edit: I even said I was voting for Biden and the libs are still mad I think he sucks. Again, the point of this post is to get people to pay attention to the other things on their ballot. The president isn’t as important or as powerful as we act like it is. And if you want better options, you have to support better options in races where they actually have a chance.
The down voters probably disagree with your trivialization of what fascism is by suggesting that both candidates are pushing toward it, your encouragement to not vote for the president when one of them actually is pushing fascism, and your claim that the president isn’t that important, when we’ve seen (and continue to see) the devastating results of the judges and other administrators they appoint.
Obviously the other offices on the ballot are important, and you’re not wrong about local representation, but flippant equivocation of a doddering neo-liberal with an actual fascist is a danger to put democracy.
Thanks for ignoring the second paragraph.
I didn’t ignore this part
You ever hear of the ratchet effect? It only works that way when the 2 controlling parties have similar goals.
That’s not even remotely true
Well the democrats seem to be either too weak or unwilling to release the lock on said ratchet, so take your pick. Either way we should still be trying to elect better people to the offices where we can actually make a difference.
Right, but you realize that equating inability/unwillingness to move left of neo-liberalism, with actively desiring to move towards fascism, is extremely ignorant if not downright disingenuous, and a reasonable explanation for the down votes. No one disagrees that we should vote down ticket and in local elections, they disagree with your other claims.
The actions the democratic party has taken in the past few decades seem to be legitimizing the radicalization of the republican party that is inching the US towards a fascist state. You may be able to argue that’s not their intention, but that doesn’t change the results they’re achieving. Whether they keep the ratchet locked with desire or ineptitude doesn’t substantially change my argument.
And the action of thoughtfully abstaining from voting for that lesser evil legitimizes the radicalization of the Republican party moreso still. You may argue that that’s not the intention, but that doesn’t change the results.