• gravitas_deficiency
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    11 个月前

    Bro, there is clearly a less-bad choice.

    I hate that that’s what we’re reduced to, but we have one deeply uninspiring and frustratingly out-of-touch candidate, and one completely psychotic narcissistic authoritarian candidate. There is a very obvious “correct” choice here, both as an American voter and as a human.

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        11 个月前

        …yes…? It’s also less bad than the alternative. And you’re not going to be able to persuade me that voting 3rd party in the general is a good idea, because it is most definitely not a good idea if you want to prevent Trump from getting into office.

        I hate the two-party system too. But pretending it doesn’t exist is a great way to get steamrolled by it.

        • hightrix@lemmy.world
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          11 个月前

          This wasn’t the point though. It is that both options are bad. Yes, one is objectively less bad, but I’d guess a majority of Americans will not vote for Biden but instead against Trump.

          I will absolutely cast a vote for Biden, but not because I like Biden.

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          11 个月前

          Refusing to ever act on it is a great way to perpetuate it as well.

          If Trump loses this election, will you decide to start changing your voting habits to bring what you need or will the next rwnj force your hand again?

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            11 个月前

            I’m actually hoping that the DNC leadership will get thrown out and the progressive wing becomes WAY more powerful.

            For the record, I vote in every election I can. In the primaries, I basically never just stick with the establishment candidate.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      11 个月前

      … depends on one’s goal: a better or a worse America.

      China and Russia, as the other superpowers, most definitely want a worse USA.

      Iran wouldn’t mind destabilizing the infidels.

      What’s boggling is that there are American voters who apparently want a worse USA. Though that seems to apply to quite a few western democracies.

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        11 个月前

        So you want to just hand the presidency to fascists because Biden is, while not an outright fascist, an extremely milquetoast candidate?

        Pull your head out of your ass and at least try to be realistic.