• EatATaco
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    9 months ago

    You can vote anyway you like, but the fact of the matter is that our fptp voting system is naturally going to trend towards two parties, and so we’re stuck with a certain game theory.

    If you want to change the system, that happens at the grassroot level, where then you work up to change the system. Trying to start with the president is just ridiculously naive.

    And thinking that people who recognize the threat of trump and also understand how the system works are actually the bigger threat than the people actively attempting to elect a fascist…well, fuck, dude. I don’t even know what to say to such stupidity.

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      9 months ago

      This is all the same shit they said in 2016.

      You are a stupid for falling into the same trap 7 years later.

      The game is rigged. There are no good candidates. Stop voting for them.

      If you want to change the system,

      You’re telling me how to change the system because you know for a fact that the dems are worthless. Lmao.

      I don’t even know what to say to such stupidity.

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        9 months ago

        This is all the same shit they said in 2016.

        If so, “they” were right then, as Trump openly refused to concede power when he lost, and lied so much that his cultists rose up and attacked the capitol in an attempt to overturn an election. It was an attempted coup.

        The game is rigged. There are no good candidates. Stop voting for them.

        I agree the game is rigged. However, the problem is that you’re short-sighted and don’t understand how changes like this happen. They don’t happen from the top-down, but the bottom up. You’re yelling into the void if you think “I’m not voting for one of the two parties!” does anything at all.

        You’re telling me how to change the system because you know for a fact that the dems are worthless. Lmao.

        Yes, by saying “if you want to change the system” I was clearly saying the dems are worthless. You’re a true genius. You must be doing quite well in life.

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          9 months ago

          If so, “they” were right then,

          No they weren’t. I voted blue. Biden got elected, and then he supplied the ongoing genocide. That is not a win. That is just the same abhorrent outcome that is completely unacceptable.

          However, the problem is that you’re short-sighted

          I would say the same thing about you. You are the one who is insisting we continue to use the bandaid, aka voting for the lesser.