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[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You're conflating voting for someone with supporting them. I didn't support Hillary or Kamala but I still voted for them because the alternative was so much worse. That's just the shitty reality of our two-party, fptp voting system.

In this system, one of those two parties will win regardless of how you specifically cast or don't cast your vote. The time to fight for the ideal candidate is the four years leading up to the election. When you get to the ballot box, you really just have to swallow what's perfect and pick what's not terrible (at least in that moment).

Supporting the lesser evil makes useful idiots think that they're winning and therefore stop fighting back.

But the alternative is effectively accelerationism, throwing millions of people under the bus, and hoping that things shake out in your favor after a violent revolution. Which... I don't agree with as a plan, but we're kind of already on this path so 🤷‍♂️.

Also, I'm not mad at you. And I think I largely agree with you, with anger at the system and candidate selection. I just don't agree with you about casting your vote being the time and place to stage a protest (in a system like ours at least).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

No, I'm not conflating anything. I'm referring directly to the people that supported hillary clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary.

I just don’t agree with you about casting your vote being the time and place to stage a protest (in a system like ours at least).

It's fine for us to disagree on this. Perhaps more fascism will eventually cause you to advocate for doing something different.

I can say with certainty that trying to argue with me about why I should support the lesser evil is a complete waste of your time and energy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I can say with certainty that trying to argue with me about why I should support the lesser evil is a complete waste of your time and energy.

Well, I guess we'll just have to agree on that then.