• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    There is nowhere to run.

    Democrats = the party of the rich
    Republicans = the party of the rich
    MAGA = the grift of the rich

    We’re going to be voting for the lesser evil for at least a few more cycles. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea not to vote though.

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      7 months ago

      We can be so much more creative than that. There are mountains of actions we can take in addition to voting to change things.

      Why should we accept that the only people we can vote for are evil? Every US election has been this way for at least 20 years now. One less than the other everytime (depending on perspective) but if the only options are widely seen as evil, we must do something to change this.

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        7 months ago

        We don’t have to accept it—that’s what primaries are for. But there are people out there who lose the primary and then they just don’t vote—that is the time people should choose the lesser of two evils. Simply not voting is just giving up the tiny shred of control you actually have.

        Of course, if you feel strongly about a candidate, it is a good idea to make calls, put up signs, or anything else to help them win. But, as we saw with Bernie, even a massive grassroots effort isn’t always enough.

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          7 months ago

          We don’t have to accept it—that’s what primaries are for. But there are people out there who lose the primary and then they just don’t vote—that is the time people should choose the lesser of two evils.

          No. They should not. Stop lecturing people who are fighting something better and start lecturing the people voting for absolute trash in the primaries.