How does voting republican help anything? They are proud bigots, racists, rapists, pedophiles, and so much more. I understand being frustrated with the democrats for being bought and paid for, but getting in bed with republicans seems incredibly stupid.

I agree with everyone else here. What would voting republican accomplish? That's literally the opposite of what we want right now.

Unless you're just a troll and this is your poor attempt at rage bait?

I'm not American, but I don't understand how voting for republican would slow down fascism. It would strengthen their position to get more votes, right?

You might be exploring ideas near accelerationism. No one is removed from material conditions. If you want to obstruct, it's best to read theory and then agitate locally.

Voting obstructionist is valid. Turning in a blank protest ballot is valid. Accelerationism is not valid.

Pay more attention to smaller more local elections. There's less "politics" around them and they usually have more of an impact on your day to day life

Voting is better than not voting in my opinion. That being said, this is a topic I would not throw to the internet to help you decide. The way you have written your post you're opening yourself up to a lot of partisan replies from the good people of both sides that will probably not aid massively in your decision making process.

One of the main arguments against voting is that many people are simply too stupid or uneducated to be entrusted with the power to help choose a government. We have compulsory voting in Australia and I support that, but I'm ok with some people being donkeys.

Not voting is how we ended up in the dumpster fire we are in now.

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My take, if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain, simple as that.

Should I vote Republican to slow down full blown let it all hang out fascism because I don't want to vote Democrat?

1. Evolution means choosing the better option in each case to invoke slow but important beneficial change
2. Harm reduction is a great short-term strategy
3. There's absolutely no reason to ever vote the elitist racist party of kiddy-diddlers
4. If you're feeling like not voting, or voting in a way that harms people for no gain ever, then you may be a victim of manipulation by the conservatives so you don't vote against them. They're good at this.

Questions asking whether someone should vote in a way that causes harm can sound like a trolling question. I'm sorry if other respondents treat it as such.