• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you won’t have to vote,” he said. “Christians get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it’ll be fixed. It’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.” - Donald J. Trump.

    Literally destroys your point of view. You will not have the opportunity if he gets elected. We’re not just risking American democracy here, we’re on the precipice of history. We’re at the point everyone asks about regarding WWII – the common question is – “Why didn’t anyone do anything?”…well, we clearly have people screaming at the top of their lungs that they should do something.

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      Literally nowhere in either of my comments did I advocate for Trump or anything of the sort. Im not sure what you’re trying to get at here.

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        You fix that by pushing for ranked choice balloting, until then, it’s your job to get the least objectionable person elected, which in this case is Harris. - Jordanlund

        I agree with the first part, not the second however. This situation of voting for the least objectionable person led us to this kind of election. - Sundial

        You did, by basically doing the “they’re both the same!” argument.

        How in the earthly hell can you not see that they aren’t anywhere close to the same?

        MAGA won’t go away if Harris gets elected, even with a majority of the house and senate.

        Sure they won’t go away, but we can reverse their fucking DEADLY policies. They’re literally talking about rounding up their enemies and putting them in camps.

        This “both sides” argument is such trash, because both sides are clearly nowhere near the same.

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          I never said they were the same. I said if the only way Harris is better than a fascist wanna-be dictator is that fact that she’s not that person, then it’s not a good argument to vote for her. Candidates aren’t and shouldn’t be entitled to vote simply because of how bad the opposition is.

          Americans have been voting for the less shitty options for decades, and all its done is a continuous slide to extreme far right and fascism. People need to demand better during elections and outside of elections. Imagine how different the Gaza situation would be if more people voted undecided in the primaries. It would have forced the Democrats to really address it and rein in the situation. That would have removed the biggest issue with Harris campaign. Michigan would not have been a state that could swing red if that were the case.