Why vote blue? If you live in a swing state you are one of the few people with actual power to sway the election. Unless you have an actually good reason to vote bloo, which I assume from how you phrased it you don't, means that you not voting bloo is the best message you could send. Probably the best of all would be a blank presidential vote and whoever is progressive down-ticket.
This is exactly my swing state strategy. The thing that gives me the most confidence is that biden straight up.told me not to vote for him. I lose zero sleep on this decision.
But no meaningful platform. He doesn't care about it, his supporters don't care about it, the odds of him passing anything significant are slim, etc. It's just "hey remember Obama?"
it’s an opportunity to make clear that you don’t support something
You can't make anything clear with your vote, because a vote isn't a message, and the left doesn't control mainstream messaging outlets. Literally zero of the reasons you have for voting the way you do will be communicated to anyone unless you personally tell them. The messaging is all done after the fact, by people in the media.
They have no moral compass or sense of decency but instead are cowed at the fake hype that Biden is less worse than Trump
Imagine writing rape apologia like this
And heads up: i can make a very convincing arguement that Biden is worse than Trump as all the countries suffering under the jackboot of imperialism want Trump to win
President Kamala sounds good to you? If they keep being worse and worse and yet you keep rewarding them, you are the fool and not them and you don't get to complain. The fact that you say not voting helps trump shows how fucking shackled you are to the two party system and the idea that there is no other choice.
Yea Trump is terrible. But he only caused the Dems to also be even worse then before instead of better. Being the marginally lesser evil has been their only selling point at least since Nixon.
They will not learn without resistance. We have to make them understand that there is a limit. They have to lose or they will absolutely not change. To be fair I don't think they will change enough of they lose, but losing twice to trump is the best wake up call I can imagine.
If it doesn't matter then why are you gonna vote at all?
I am condescending because we can't coddle each other like children over this stuff. If we can't talk candidly to each other then what can we do? I believe quite firmly that a vote for the lesser evil is always the wrong choice. If neither party is able to even promise you a thing you want, then it makes no sense to vote for either party. And a thing you want can't be one party saying 'we will not piss on you if you are on fire' and the other saying 'well we might be convinced to piss on you under the right circumstances'. Yes that is two distinct choices and you can rank them and one is better then the other, but they are still not choices you should see as the horizon of the possible.
So, to spell it out: In a choice between Kamala and Pence, the correct choice is to choose neither.
Well I am sorry if I sound persuasive. Maybe I am making good points ;)
And you do have another reason to vote for Biden after all. Not a good one but hey, it's something.
This election not mattering is actually an okay stance in my book. I am very morally incensed about the democrats and I am not hiding that. If you are just done with the system for the most part then that's fair enough.
If the Dems get through with their ratfuckery again, they deserve to lose again. It really is that simple.
The Dems had every opportunity to extend an olive branch, between the pandemic and everything else 2020 is throwing around. They didn't do a damn thing. I would rather not be lied to by them then help them.
You literally cannot imagine a good thing they will do. You cannot get hype for them or invested. They can just 'reduce harm' a little compared to orange Mussolini. That is the horizon of the possible with a vote for Biden and you said it yourself.
Mark my words though: If Biden wins, there will be no harm reduction. They could have so very easily pushed for harm reduction now when it is already needed and they didn't. They are unwilling to even make a token effort now, before the election. If you think that will change if they win you are in for a disappointment. All they will give the millions of people who need help now is a 'Sorry, we know it's hard' as they do nothing. It is what they have done for decades and it has to stop working.
The Dems do rely on the left to hold their nose and vote for them while offering them nothing. They have done so for decades.
Note that I explicitly say don't vote for the president. If neither choice is good, don't choose at all. If the left vote can be captured by “probably actively pushing for the same things but sugarcoated”, then the left will never get anything at all.
“actively pushing for awful things” vs. “probably actively pushing for the same things but sugarcoated”
So, awful things in happening in a way that people will be more radicalized by vs. awful things happening but being completely ignored because Biden is so polite about it.
Seeing how the cities currently overpaying their militari...oh sorry cops to beat down left-leaning protests, I wouldn't hold my breath there either. They don't care about militias, they only care about putting a thin veil of normalcy over the shit heap that is the US.
In regards to militias: What will really happen is that, without Trump to embolden them, these militias will go to ground on their own terms and harden their resolve and be back all the stronger in four years.
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Vote Green in swing states, too
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Who cares if the GOP funded them or not? That doesn't change the practical consequences.
Why vote blue? If you live in a swing state you are one of the few people with actual power to sway the election. Unless you have an actually good reason to vote bloo, which I assume from how you phrased it you don't, means that you not voting bloo is the best message you could send. Probably the best of all would be a blank presidential vote and whoever is progressive down-ticket.
This is exactly my swing state strategy. The thing that gives me the most confidence is that biden straight up.told me not to vote for him. I lose zero sleep on this decision.
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Lol not remotely. He has no meaningful platform, for starters. Voting is an extremely limited political tactic, not some sort of moral endorsement.
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But no meaningful platform. He doesn't care about it, his supporters don't care about it, the odds of him passing anything significant are slim, etc. It's just "hey remember Obama?"
You can't make anything clear with your vote, because a vote isn't a message, and the left doesn't control mainstream messaging outlets. Literally zero of the reasons you have for voting the way you do will be communicated to anyone unless you personally tell them. The messaging is all done after the fact, by people in the media.
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succDems are so mentally weak its a joke
They have no moral compass or sense of decency but instead are cowed at the fake hype that Biden is less worse than Trump
Imagine writing rape apologia like this
And heads up: i can make a very convincing arguement that Biden is worse than Trump as all the countries suffering under the jackboot of imperialism want Trump to win
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Can start with under Obama/Biden
*Opened concentration camps on the Mex border
*Obamas renege on his 2008 campaign and all his promises led directly to Trump
Conversely Trump has not started a new major war
But honestly if you can torture yourself mentally into having any respect for yourself after voting for Biden you're a shitlib and a lost cause
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What do you think will be the consequences of rewarding the DNC for their present conduct?
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Votes are what they use to secure power. They care about votes.
President Kamala sounds good to you? If they keep being worse and worse and yet you keep rewarding them, you are the fool and not them and you don't get to complain. The fact that you say not voting helps trump shows how fucking shackled you are to the two party system and the idea that there is no other choice.
Yea Trump is terrible. But he only caused the Dems to also be even worse then before instead of better. Being the marginally lesser evil has been their only selling point at least since Nixon.
They will not learn without resistance. We have to make them understand that there is a limit. They have to lose or they will absolutely not change. To be fair I don't think they will change enough of they lose, but losing twice to trump is the best wake up call I can imagine.
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If it doesn't matter then why are you gonna vote at all?
I am condescending because we can't coddle each other like children over this stuff. If we can't talk candidly to each other then what can we do? I believe quite firmly that a vote for the lesser evil is always the wrong choice. If neither party is able to even promise you a thing you want, then it makes no sense to vote for either party. And a thing you want can't be one party saying 'we will not piss on you if you are on fire' and the other saying 'well we might be convinced to piss on you under the right circumstances'. Yes that is two distinct choices and you can rank them and one is better then the other, but they are still not choices you should see as the horizon of the possible.
So, to spell it out: In a choice between Kamala and Pence, the correct choice is to choose neither.
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Well I am sorry if I sound persuasive. Maybe I am making good points ;)
And you do have another reason to vote for Biden after all. Not a good one but hey, it's something.
This election not mattering is actually an okay stance in my book. I am very morally incensed about the democrats and I am not hiding that. If you are just done with the system for the most part then that's fair enough.
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If the Dems get through with their ratfuckery again, they deserve to lose again. It really is that simple.
The Dems had every opportunity to extend an olive branch, between the pandemic and everything else 2020 is throwing around. They didn't do a damn thing. I would rather not be lied to by them then help them.
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You literally cannot imagine a good thing they will do. You cannot get hype for them or invested. They can just 'reduce harm' a little compared to orange Mussolini. That is the horizon of the possible with a vote for Biden and you said it yourself.
Mark my words though: If Biden wins, there will be no harm reduction. They could have so very easily pushed for harm reduction now when it is already needed and they didn't. They are unwilling to even make a token effort now, before the election. If you think that will change if they win you are in for a disappointment. All they will give the millions of people who need help now is a 'Sorry, we know it's hard' as they do nothing. It is what they have done for decades and it has to stop working.
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The Dems do rely on the left to hold their nose and vote for them while offering them nothing. They have done so for decades.
Note that I explicitly say don't vote for the president. If neither choice is good, don't choose at all. If the left vote can be captured by “probably actively pushing for the same things but sugarcoated”, then the left will never get anything at all.
So, awful things in happening in a way that people will be more radicalized by vs. awful things happening but being completely ignored because Biden is so polite about it.
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Seeing how the cities currently overpaying their militari...oh sorry cops to beat down left-leaning protests, I wouldn't hold my breath there either. They don't care about militias, they only care about putting a thin veil of normalcy over the shit heap that is the US.
In regards to militias: What will really happen is that, without Trump to embolden them, these militias will go to ground on their own terms and harden their resolve and be back all the stronger in four years.
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Uber lib
^ evidence that mods are liberals
Wanting a fascist to win so you can own the libs,, but it's ironic, so that makes it ok.
fuck me you're going to get us all killed.
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More like this meme.
Don't vote for Biden you fucking liberal.
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