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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (16 children)

You need an actual opposition party then. Blaming non voters is the dumbest thing you can fucking do and will make your situation worse and worse

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I agree.

    Labor party, Democrat, republican/ conservative, maga, etc. . And cut it out with this D/R bullshit. It's maddening. There are people that have a serious moral issue casting a vote for some of the choices given.

    I'm sure a lot of the people who sat it out are more informed and upset with what is going on than some of those that "chose the lesser evil". They have every right to be furious.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The opposition party could obviously be better, but I think they were strong enough that "no preference" wasn't the right choice. (After all, choosing not to vote is essentially a vote that says "I don't care who wins".)

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Right, because the people who voted against trump are the ones that can--in a single election--dismantle and oppressive two party system crafted by an oligarchy feeding people the illusion of choice so they won't riot. Of course the few of us who understand this and actually voted for the candidate with the best shot are able to do this. And of course we should have done this before all of the mass voter fraud being uncovered could lead to Trump taking an office he didn't actually win. You're absolutely right. Let me call everyone up and let them know we need to regroup.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    You have no opposition party in America, your two party system also is a huge problem. In this way fascism will always win.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Exactly. And you have people like me who refused to vote for Democrats because while they might not be as horrible as Donald Trump, there is still too much wrong with them for me to support them. I get called a Tankie bot whether I don’t vote or I vote third-party so fuck the DNC

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  • [+] -1 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Participating in an election means you are agreeing to abide by the outcome of the election. By not participating you are protesting and saying I not recognise the legitimacy of this process.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago*

    Wrong. The act of living in the USA at all is agreeing to recognise their laws and processes and outcomes of elections. You sound like one of those sovereign citizens that think they can get out of arrest/court/prison by "not consenting" to it.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Correct. This is a major problem. The point is that it wasn't made by the people, and the few of us who understand how problematic it is can't simply make a new party and have it be successful. That doesn't fix the two party system. America is a shit show, but some of us are doing what we can, and that isn't enough but that's not our faults.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Exactly, so why are you blaming people if its not our faults? You are the one debating in defense of blaming people, voters, and non voters alike.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I'm not doing that. That's not what's happening. If you interpreted it that way, that is unfortunate. However, I am not, in fact, blaming people. Non voters couldn't have fixed this. Voters couldn't have fixed this. No one is being blamed. Except I'm kind of blaming you for not understanding what I said. But only kind of, and mostly as a joke.

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