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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20911849

By Umar A Farooq in Washington
Published date: 30 September 2024 11:01 BST

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, fuck Trump. The only way I could be seen as a Trump supporter is if you think voting for genocide should be the default.

You're currently batting for genocide, imperialism, climate collapse, and World War 3, but you can stop.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The first-past-the-post voting system sucks; the resulting two-party system sucks; but right now we have to operate within it. The mathematics of that system entail the simple fact that if you discourage people from keeping Trump out, you are helping get Trump in. That makes you a Trump supporter.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first-past-the-post voting system sucks; the resulting two-party system sucks; but right now we have to operate within it

Only if you think voting is the extent of political action.

The mathematics of that system entail the simple fact that if you discourage people from keeping Trump out, you are helping get Trump in

And if you encourage getting Harris in, you are helping Harris get in, who has promised imperalism, genocide, World War 3, and failed Climate action.

That makes you a Trump supporter.

In 20 years you'll look back at yourself, if leftists have managed to prevent the end of the world, as someone who supported a fascist regime and refused to lift a finger against it. I hope you'll come to your senses much sooner than that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

The first-past-the-post voting system sucks; the resulting two-party system sucks; but

The hand-wringing isn't the worst part, but it's definitely the most annoying. "Don't worry, I'm disavowing Harris while I vote for her in my non-swing-state, so it doesn't count even as she uses those votes to claim legitimacy just like Biden did".