• @kmartburrito@lemmy.world
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    128 months ago

    Good voters don’t get apathetic, they understand what’s truly at stake because they see the forest, not just a single tree.

    It’s our duty to vote, even if we have to vote for the lesser of two evils.

    • mommykink
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      -18 months ago

      Good voters don’t vote against their principles or self-interests. Ironically, you are breaking democracy by trying to force people to vote for candidates they don’t like; in a democracy, you vote for someone, not against them.

      Any democracy that forces people to choose between a genocide-enabler and a rapist genocide-enabler isn’t a democracy worth saving. It’s the logical conclusion to the “experiment” and hopefully future generations can learn something from it, but you’re kidding yourself if you think that this is the election that will decide things once and for all, rather than just postponing things back another 4 years.

      • @kmartburrito@lemmy.world
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        18 months ago

        isn’t a democracy worth saving

        I hope you will take a bit of time to really think through this part of your comment. If you truly think this, then I have nothing more to discuss with you. This is part of the larger problem.

        We’re forced due to our shitty first-past-the-post voting system to vote one of two ways, vote against the worst guy in your opinion, or abstain from voting and not contribute at all.

        We’re voting between

        1. an extremely old guy who hasn’t been everyone’s favorite in many areas, but arguably has done a LOT of good things in his time as President - and

        2. an extremely old guy who is a rapist, racketeering liar and a con man who only cares about self preservation, and fleecing you for every buck you’re worth to bankroll his court costs for running up (so far) nearly 100 state and federal felonies. He also is fiercely delaying his trials so he can corruptly make it go away so that Justice isn’t carried out, because he should be King and completely above the law. Not to mention his party ACTUALLY cheats at election through intimidation, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and misinformation campaigns.

        How could someone even think that’s not a no-brainer decision? I’m not forcing anyone to do anything, what I’m saying is that I believe people that aren’t making the obvious right choice here are part of the problem. Bad guys standing next to bad guys, ignorant/brainless/brainwashed Republicans and abstinent voters. Might as well be the same person if you’re not helping to remedy this clear issue with your vote.

        Just my opinion, but I know it’s shared with many that clearly align with doing the right thing this November.

        I’m challenging the collective “you” to do the right thing, regardless of your political affiliation. The game has two participants and only one can be the winner. Don’t inject extra complexity here. Do the right thing. That’s it. Should be a super easy choice.