• Billiam@lemmy.world
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    Yes, but what about [single political issue here that Trump is as bad or worse on]?

    Clearly this means we should vote for [candidate least likely to win but most likely to split the vote of the non-fascist party]!

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        I vote now.

        I don’t think I was selfish before … Just ignorant and/or sheltered.

        I don’t think I disagree with your point, but the messaging is unlikely to convert many non voters.

        • I’m just yelling at the choir on Lemmy, I believe. With my actual friends, especially married ones with daughters who say this stuff, I approach it differently. “You always tell me you disdain deadbeat dads, but not voting is another form of failing your daughter. You should be a champion for her rights man, not sitting on the sidelines trying to play nice with ‘both sides.’”

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          tbf, if they’re on a politics com and bragging about not voting, chances are that they’re pretty far from where you were at if you were just ignorant and/or sheltered.

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      14 hours ago

      “You see, if fascism wins, then socialism will magically win next. It’s a law of nature, like a pendulum. It Is Known.”

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    11 hours ago

    0 primaries won

    0 fucks given about commiting genocide

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    It seems obvious, but half the country thinks Harris controls weather machines and hits Florida with hurricanes for some reason. They show up and vote, because they believe this nonsense deeply.

    Please acknowledge the threat and act accordingly. If you are in a swing state, please vote for the rest of us. Your vote matters so very much.

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      there was an interview where a woman said something to the effect of “they’re controlling the weather and letting the hurricane hit red districts because they can’t rig the election otherwise”. like yeah hacking motherfucking weather is somehow easier than hacking ballots.

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      It’s not half. It’s a minority in this country. It SEEMS like half cause the electoral college is a moronic system.

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      Because conspiratorial thinking has flourished, creating a whole set of fantasy worlds to believe in where anything can happen as long as it proves you were right all along when you were an asshole.

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        Doesn’t change the truth that Kamala is in power right now and she is currently using that power to make sure a genocidal leader keeps getting everything he needs to continue committing genocide.

        Stop pretending that the candidate you’re endorsing isn’t a monster

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          She is Vice-President and does not make foreign policy at the moment and has been quite specific about protecting both Palestinian and Israeli lives as her position on the issue.

          Her current role is advisory, the President decides actual policy and her’s as President would be exponentially better than Trump’s.

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            She has repeatedly said that she would not put conditions on arms to Israel and that her position is the exact same as Biden’s.

            I don’t care that her position is merely advisory, she’s in a position of power and she’s using that position to run defense for a genocidal regime.

            With power comes responsibility and I’m holding her responsible for what she does with her power

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          Stop pretending that the candidate you’re endorsing isn’t a monster

          “But she’s the monster I prefer! How dare you?”

          Humans are not so great, and I won’t miss them when they’re gone.

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        I understand that. It’s just that I’m tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. Can we please stop killing innocent people? Thank you.

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            We did that, your fascists gave us a conservative healthcare plan and nothing else.

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            Just as soon as you stop trying to make it look like both sides are the same.

            I want innocent people to not be killed. I am sorry that this offends you.
            I am also sorry that you are offended that I won’t be voting in this election.
            I am also sorry that you hate my ‘dumb fucking mouth’, which I will continue to use to state my moral expectation that innocent people are not killed, whether you like it or not.

            I suspect that, if you are to get the outcome you want, you will be perfectly fine with children dying in far off countries. “After all,” you will say, “I got what I wanted.” And you will continue to lecture people like me that we should “do your best to love the people around you,” even when you have shown you lack interest in people on a wider scale.

            P.S. me saying “lesser of two evils” indicates that I think they’re not the same, but they’re not different enough to impress me. Learn to read.

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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    Sounds boring.

    Personally, I think the world needs major powers with a bit more crazy to 'em. You really wanna live in a world where you go to bed and wake up to the same thing? Selling nuclear secrets is the spice of life.

    Edit: Really? I honestly thought I was laying the sarcasm on a little thick. Whatever. lol