Don't you find it odd that every election is "the most important election in the history of the universe! Democracy itself is on the ballot!". Yet no matter which "side" wins, material conditions just get worse and worse and worse and worse? Lesser evilism doesn't work. It simply doesn't. Doesn't it bother you that the same billionaires funding Trump and Reps are the same ones funding the Dems? Doesn't it bother you that no matter how much "control" the "good guys" have in office, there's always a handful that vote against party lines to roadblock any progressive measures? Isn't it odd that everything is a half measure ... "progressive" policies sill have half of America unable to afford a 1 bedroom apartment, are drowning in medical and student debt, etc? None of these people work for you. They work for their corporate/capitalist interests.

When dems were in control, we were still bombing countries, sanctioning and inflicting misery around the world, approving record funding for ICE and Homeland security, still had kids in cages, still torturing people in guantanamo, people couldn't afford rent, or the doctor, or basic necessities, real wages have been stagnant since the 70s., etc. By all means vote for the lesser evil, but conditions will not materially improve within a system that will not allow material conditions to improve meaningfully. Take small wins where we can, but acknowledge that it's simply a bandaid.

Encouragement to avoid voting, in this context, is clearly favorable to Trump’s side

Why is not voting always assumed to help Republicans? Surely there's Republicans who stay home as well? But to clarify, I'm encouraging people to vote for the best candidate that meets their expectations, not to just blindly vote blue no matter who. "It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it." - Eugene V. Debs