I'm starting to see stories from Trump voters saying "This isn't what we voted for."
No. It's exactly what you voted for.
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[+] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)
  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Did you ever try asking someone to explain the reasoning, or did you you just assume whatever strawman you came up with was real?

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)
  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Sure. If you make your vote conditional on supporting a certain policy, then you create an incentive for politicians to support that policy in the future. Politicians have no incentive to care about the concerns of people who support them unconditionally. That means it’s at least potentially the rational and strategic line to draw a red line somewhere, and if you agree with that, then it’s pretty obvious that genocide is crossing that line.

    Pretty simple. As the saying goes, why buy the cow (give the voters what they want) when you can get the milk (votes) for free?

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  • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)
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    She didn't merely, "Refuse to explicitly oppose Israel." She and Biden were completely supportive of Israel, sending them more and more weapons (beyond what congress approved btw) no matter what they did and applying no pressure to them. They went after pro-Palestine protesters and refused to allow a Palestinian-American to speak at the convention. They made it extremely clear which side they were on, and thinking otherwise is just wishful thinking.

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  • [+] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (5 children)

    Nothing? What on earth did I say that gave you the impression that I thought Trump was better? I didn't vote for Trump either. You're ignoring what I said and going back to the strawman.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    By not voting for Kamala, you voted for Trump. This is the broken system we must work within to attempt to better society.

    You're just in denial about your own complicity.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Then by not voting for Trump, I voted for Kamala and you have nothing to complain about.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 years ago* (4 children)
    1. Vote Cornel West because he's an ok person who opposes genocide.
    2. It doesn't matter at all because of where I live in this sham democracy.
    3. Continue to be berated by delusional genocidal libs for the rest of my life.
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