• regul
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    3 hours ago

    Has voting for the “lesser” evil ever worked either?

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      3 hours ago

      I imagine we can agree no American president has been ideal? Some of the presidents who have given us the most progress in important areas like welfare, civil rights, and environmental protections have also been war criminals. Roosevelt, Kennedy/LBJ, Obama, etc. Imagine where we’d be if no one voted for the lesser evil in those elections, held firm and didn’t vote for the president who would set up concentration camps, or keep us in wars in Asia and the middle east.

      Throwing away your vote got us presidents like GWB and Trump. Stalled progress for decades. Evil supreme court justices. In fact, the most underrated job of the president is picking supreme court justices, since the court has made itself the single most powerful institution in the country.

      How about you vote for the most potential for progress?

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        2 hours ago

        I won’t vote for anyone who’s pro-genocide. You’re clearly okay with voting for genocide, but I’m not.