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Don't vote for BlueMAGA this fall (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Nobody ever said you can't vote. Plenty of 3rd parties and independents at all levels.

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  • [+] -7 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    That's just not voting but with extra steps. The US used first past the post.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That’s just not voting but with extra steps.

    So voting for who or what we actually want is the same as just not voting. Got it. We HAVE to vote for fascists we're opposed to or our vote is meaningless.

    Sounds like a pretty fucking airtight argument for not voting then, dipshit.

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  • [+] -6 points 9 months ago

    Sorry, did you not manage to read the second sentence? Yes, voting third party is the same as not voting. A third party has never once won, and expecting that to change before the voting system changes is completely delusional.

    And honestly, I don't really care if you vote for the Democrats or not. But I do know, if your ass is too lazy and stupid to actually vote. You're not organizing. Honestly if you people spent half as much time actually organizing as you do campaigning for Republicans, we might actually be making some progress.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    And I'm sure the party that keeps winning due to this mindset is going to change the system, I'm sure their corporate donors would allow them to do that.

    Definitely. /s

    We can achieve a better system, there is nothing so exceptional about the US electoral system, especially the democratic party itself, that we have to confine ourselves to it.

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  • [–] -5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    No, they're not going to change anything. We have to do that, and we can do that while still voting. No one in this thread is even arguing against anything I'm actually saying, you included.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    I have actually! I told you to vote 3rd party. Which is what I do. I vote for parties that actually reflect my interests.

    And when they don't win I continue doing what I always do, party work.

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