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If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It? 11.2 million. That’s the number of Americans who rank climate as a their top priority but didn’t vote in the 2024 US elections (coveringclimatenow.org)
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[–] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

You would be correct in an utopian world. There people would vote for who they want instead of who they don't mind.

But this is reality, and because of the semi-2-party system of the US, voting for any third party is just the same as not voting at all.

If you want to change the system, hold rallies between the elections. But don't use the elections for that. Or you can be sure you will get an other trump.

And how can your long-term plan work if everything gets fucked up so much short-term, that you will never get to the long term plan in the first place?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    You're the one who's living in the utopian world. I just told you, you can't fucking change it. Someone who relies on being the lesser of two evils will always eventually lose massively. That is inescapable. You will subdue your own base every single time. You cannot win without your own base. Trump won because of this. Maybe you'll beat them this time but six or eight years later he's going to win again, or whoever the new Trump is. And that's going to be how it works forever. And every single time it'll get worse and worse and worse. Your strategy is willfully choosing to lose.

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