• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    I’m not voting for Biden, or Trump. I am leaving pres blank.

    Don’t care if you agree with me. I vote my conscious. You have to vote yours.

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      5 months ago

      Of the two, which would you rather have?

      Not voting for your preferred candidate (even if it’s the lesser of two evils) is the same as voting for the other one. So I’m not sure how that eases your conscience.

      Every voting age citizen is helping one of them win…either through voting directly or through inaction. If we allow a dictator to rise to power in America and commit God knows what atrocities, yes you can say “I didn’t vote for him.” But at that point, it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. You won’t be able to say “I helped prevent this. And even though I disagree strongly with certain policies, at least we still have a democracy.”

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        5 months ago
        1. You’re wrong
        2. If my only two options are genocidal corporate oligarch or genocidal fascist dictator, I give zero fucks. I’m not voting for Biden.
        3. DNC said Biden is the only one who can beat Trump. They also said they don’t owe me or any democrat constituents anything. Fuck ‘em.
        4. Stop watching msnbc, cnn, corporate news. (They are lying to you)
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          5 months ago

          Doesn’t matter what your grievance with the party is. There are exactly two options in Nov. One of them WILL be voted into power. There is no 3rd option. No outcome where one of them does not win.

          Whether you believe it or not, our actions as voters will help one or the other of them succeed. If it makes you feel good about yourself to abstain, that’s your choice. But it’s delusional to think that that somehow absolves you of any responsibility for whatever outcome happens. Like it or not, you’re going to help someone in this election…there is no way out of that.

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            5 months ago

            Yes, and this isn’t just about November or a single term.

            That’s why you keep spinning round and round in the same cycle of DNC abuse, they set themselves up so it’s either them or the End of All Things and you swallow that dichotomy whole every time.

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              5 months ago

              So I should just not vote is what you’re saying.

              I still fail to see any suggestion from you that is a better alternative.

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                5 months ago

                I’m not telling you to do anything. You have three choices, 1) Fascist 2) Fascist-Lite 3) Send a message to Fascist-Lite to hope it finally sinks into their thick Neanderthal skulls and they can’t keep ignoring their base.

                That’s it, you do whatever you feel is best.