• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    This guy does literally nothing but tell people how Democrats are awful people (and implies you shouldn’t vote for them)

    TONS of posts like that.

    I really wouldn’t be surprised to find out he’s Russian.

    No-one is supporting genocide. If people don’t vote for Biden (and even if they do, the popular vote might not be enough), Trump will win.

    The only case where saying “don’t vote for Biden” would be if Trump was actually a better, smarter, more emphatic president, and would use the US’s power to instantly stop helping Israel.

    And who exactly thinks that’s even possible in any scenario or even parallel universe?

    Not voting for Biden would be like being a pro-Hitler British person in 1939.

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      if you vote for biden, you are voting for genocide

      that seems kind of objectively true to me

      you don’t pick and choose which policies your candidate’s vote goes towards it counts for all of them

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        Do you know who the candidates are? Who the other guy is?

        The person whos promised to remove all climate actions and regulations on day one. A guy who is taking dick from Putin every night while screaming “harder daddy”. A drooling megalomaniacal diaper wearing fascist, who supports Putin and Netanyahu.

        You’re not voting for genocide. You’re not even voting for Biden. You’re voting against Trump.

        If you’re an American with the right to vote and you don’t vote Biden, you are directly supporting Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and other far-right leaders.

        Have you ever heard of the trolley problem? You’re online, so you should have. Do you know what’s never the answer to those problems? “I walk away but also take no responsibility for allowing more people to die.” Sorry, not an option. The lesson is that inaction is a choice with consequences.

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            Yeah, sure. That’s the reason.

            It’s just completely out of the realm of possibility to prove that you’re not a Russian troll. /megasarcasm

            Where’d you live?

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              Does it concern you a little bit, though, that I’m really American and there might be a lot more who think like me?

              Fine, assume I’m a Russian troll if you want, but it’d be smart to at least pretend that there’s a small possibility of there being a low turn out, and you should have a plan on how to address that.

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          What do you mean that doesn’t make sense?

          Biden’s approval is trash no matter what i’m doing here. There are voters that are already going to sit this out that need convincing; either you need to convince them to show up anyway (hold their nose to genocide to prevent more genocide), or you need to convince Biden that his position on genocide is a losing one (it looks like it already is)

          In 2016 Hilary lost because voters didn’t think the establishment gave a shit about their concerns, if you don’t think that’s a risk again all hope is lost.

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              Why is it that when I point to the reality of the situation, suddenly I’m a troll?

              Bidens approval is at 38% right now, how many votes do you think that equates to?

              I don’t know what kind of campaign could make up that kind of deficit without a total about face.

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        I did that. I’m also going to vote against more genocide, done not just abroad but at home.

        In the voting booth, there is no “no genocide” button. Your choices come down to “more genocide” and “less genocide”, and you get to push towards one outcome or the other.

        Personally, I’m going to take a brave stance against “more genocide”, but if your principles keep you from engaging with the real options, well.

        I’m sure the people who die who wouldn’t have otherwise will forgive you.

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      Yup. These people honestly think… or, “honestly” think- that not voting is going to actually do something.

      Now we have two scenarios to address here:

      One:

      They actually think in good-faith, that they are going to make a change. To emphasize- they actually think that doing nothing will cause something to happen. Which means… they are entirely unaware that someone will be elected with or without their help.

      And-

      Two:

      They know damn well that a non-vote will help Trump and that is why they are here. There is clearly more evidence to support this being the case as you’ll never see them on any post critical of Trump, suggesting that people not vote for him. Nor do you see them arguing that Trump wouldn’t be a worse choice. Nope. They’re dead silent on the issue.

      They don’t need to actively support Trump, or suggest people vote for him here as they know there are very few supporters of his on lemmy.

      However, they DO know that conservatives show up to the booths to vote. In DROVES. All they need is to convince a small amount of people to stay home, and their boy wins the White House.

      One of these two are correct. The problem is that everyone loses either way- and they don’t care.