• Kage520@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’ve been attacking the Dems for this, but why do you believe the Republicans will do differently? Or were you talking about independent?

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      8 months ago

      I don’t believe repubs will be better. I just consider them two parts of a single flawed system.

      By voting for either of them you support both parties.

      • IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 months ago

        Not sure if this is enlightened centrism or not but avoiding voting all together doesn’t solve anything either because one of the 2 will be elected regardless.

        In the US there are only 2 possible winners, a democrat or a republican. Not voting or voting 3rd party is the same as throwing your vote in the trash because of the way the US system works.

        So your choice if you want to change something is to vote for the one that has the highest chance of working towards your goals, and that is a democrat, even if almost everything they currently do is awful. Because if a republican wins, your concerns aren’t even going to get into ear reach of them.

        Either participate and vote to try to change something or accept that you’re discarding your already limited political power by taking this moral stance, and in the process also making the problems you’re concerned about worse.

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        8 months ago

        By voting for either of them you support both parties.

        Voting for one of them is our only choice if we wish to influence the course of our country.