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Just a reminder (thelemmy.club)
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[–] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

i will defend to the death everyone who did not vote or voted third party

Why?

  1. If you don't vote, you don't deserve to live in a democracy. Full stop. The options you end up with will NEVER, EVER be identically bad. There will ALWAYS be a better option. Not voting is childish and foolish.

  2. Third party is fine, unless it's a presidential election. A third party CANNOT win a presidential election. Not even close. So by voting 3rd party in a presidential election, you're saying you're fine with the worst case scenario.

but if the choice is between a republican and an establishment democrat you should vote third party.

False. Voting for a candidate in a race that absolutely under no circumstance can win is an act of futility and stupidity. In the last presidential election the 3rd party candidate with the most votes only got 0.5% of the total votes cast. Under no circumstances could they win.

voting for less systemic harm is not good enough

In what reality is voting for less harm a bad thing? If you KNOW it is going one of two ways, then how could it be bad to vote for the option that results in less harm?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    one where due to complicity of the democrats, the supreme court is currently arguing over removing the ability of a class from suing the government offer relief from the violation of people’s rights. that means if the government were to start violating people’s rights, every single citizen would have to separately sue for their individual relief, and the government can shop for their preferred judges, and can not be forced to stop until after there cases conclusion, which can take a decade.

    one where we currently have concentration camps one where we are guilty of genocide one where women face trial as they are in labor, because they choose a natural birth method over c section. and a judge has the doctor subdue the woman against her will, causing the death of her child. one where the democrats put up token resistance, but who’s true masters are the same as the republicans.

    bone is already exposed, it’s too late to turn down the heat

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