• deaf_fish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, all these are problems, but how is not voting or voting for the Republican Candidate (probably going to be Trump) will solve these issues? In most cases it won’t. You’re just upset at Biden personally for some of the decisions he made that were bad and want punish him personally for that so you can feel better. Even if it does cause way more problems than it solves. Even if it harms innocent people.

    And hey, it’s fine and human to vengeful, but to be vengeful to the point of self harm is stupid. Don’t be stupid.

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      10 months ago

      we keep putting it off as voting for the lesser of 2 evils. i held my nose and voted clinton in 16, voted biden in 20 and i have to vote for him again now. but when do i get to vote on someone who actually will do something i want them to do? 28? 32? ever? At what point should we stop voting for the lesser of evils and vote for someone we actually agree with?

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        10 months ago

        There will never be a presidential candidate that you (or anyone) will actually agree with. From my perspective, voting is currently not enough. We need to organize.

        If you can get everyone to agree on a third party candidate, they won’t be a third party candidate anymore. They’ll be one of the main candidates. Voting third party is a waste of your vote by definition.

        Our choices this election cycle will be a faster or slower decline into fascism. The longer we can hold off fascism, more time others have to organize. If all you can do is vote, then vote for the lesser evil. If you have you have more time, energy, or money, organize.