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Today I once again voted for the 'lesser evil'. Every 4 years I have to do that. I'm tired. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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First round of voting I actually found a candidate I really liked, someone I would actually celebrate if they won but of course the rest of the country is not looking for the best candidate, they only care about electing the worst candidate for 'the other side'.

So here I am, waiting for the results knowing that if the candidate I picked wins I won't be happy, just relieved and if the other candidate wins, I need to fear for the future of our country.

I looked for an offmychest community but couldnt find it, I read the rules and I think politics is allowed here? Though really, Im not here to discuss politics, just lament the current state of affairs.

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (5 children)

if the candidate I picked wins I won’t be happy, just relieved

Evolution isn't immediate: we would have to go to a few 'acceptable' outcomes if that's the only way to push the window over to better choice down the line.

People who don't get that may want to brush up on how evolution works to fix bad systems; and also understand how primates evolved from whales, or something.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    The window literally never gets pushed toward the 'better' side BECAUSE people keep voting for the lesser evil. The Democrats know that their winning strategy is just to be less bad, so they never even put up any 'good' candidates anymore. And the windows just keeps getting pushed further and further right as the republican candidates get worse and so do the Democrat ones. You all need to be willing to withhold your votes from terrible candidates, or vote third party. And yet every election, before the primaries even, there will be a horde of people screaming 'vote blue no matter who' and 'if you dont support Hilary/Joe Biden/Kamala Harris/Gavin Newsom/whatever corporate ghoul then you must be a Russian troll or a secret trump supporter!'. But this strategy has never resulted in a long term improvement for your country, just a long drawn out descent into fascism.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    Here in reality the Democratic candidates are getting better.

    Maybe not on your specific issue that you decide is more important than everything else, but that's true for every single issue voter.

    But this strategy has never resulted in a long term improvement for your country, just a long drawn out descent into fascism.

    Better than a short and immediate descent into fascism, which is option 2. There is no option 3.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Democratic candidates and their vote history has steadily moved right-wing, wtf are you smoking. With one or two notable exceptions who have been completely ostracized by the party. There literally is a third option. People like you who insist there isn't create a self-fulfillign prophecy. There's other names on the ballot that arent Democrats, it just takes enough people to be fed up. And yes, that probably won't ever happen in a single election cycle. But it could have started decades ago, and the longer you stupidly insist on voting blue no matter who, the more fucked you're going to get by the bought and sold Democrat party. Trump isn't the fault of third party voters, he's the fault of the Democrat establishment who have steadfastly refused to do anything fucking useful.

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