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[โ€“] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

Ok then, so what's your solution? I'm still gonna vote for the lesser evil, while still organizing and doing direct action, to reduce harm unless presented with an alternative.

Maybe a candidate that's good? You could run for an office.

Edit: essentially I mean for the situation at hand, especially with this upcoming election, what else can we do?

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    The solution is Ranked Choice Voting. Anyone can run and voters rank all the candidates. So if you put Stein (for example) first and she doesn't get enough votes, your vote then goes to your second choice, and so on. It lets you vote the way you really want it to go, not just strategically.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Ranked choice/instant runoff voting is not doing a lot for Australia. The "left" major party is centrist at best, the "right" major party is drifting further right and the only minor party of note is basically Nazis.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Lab moved right because every single left wing policy they took to the polls got fucking libs voted in. When your public votes in fucking scott morrison by choice you know you're fucked and act accordingly

    You remember Gillard's misogyny speech? Great times. The next year we voted the subject and target of that speech as PM.

    Don't fucking sook about parties going right wing when that's how people vote

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