• @Yggnar@lemmy.world
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    625 months ago

    So maybe we need a third option. I don’t know, maybe a candidate that isn’t an evil geriatric white man that can barely finish a sentence?

    • @Ashelyn
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      145 months ago

      Our ‘first past the post’ voting system makes that strategy very dangerous.

      We need a third option but we need a better vote counting system to make that third option not throwing away your vote. The chances of such a reform coming from Democrats are slim, but the chances of such a reform under Republicans are less than 0. Several Republican-led states like Texas have preemptively banned ranked choice voting because it’s a direct threat to their hold on power.

      • @xenoclast@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Honestly, you’re not. You’re really voting whether you want to continue the democratic experiment in America or return to despotic imperial rule.

        In a way it’s kind of cool that your voice will be part of an event that will certainly be in history books for centuries. It’s possible to be your only long lasting legacy on earth. Pretty neat if you ask me.

        All American politicians are involved in turning the world into a corporate oligarchy. Trump and Putin just want be emperors in the meantime.

    • @buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      75 months ago

      Currently the “progressives” are pushing RFK Jr as an alternative to Biden. 😂 And the Republicans have a bunch of women(and several men) who are lining up to suck Donny’s cock to get a VP slot.

      There are no good alternatives.