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Biden got my last ever vote for a corporate candidate. I vowed I’m never doing the pied piper bullshit again after 2020. If Dems want my vote they can try to earn it with real candidates. They could help prop up Satan himself on the GOP side to make their corpo dem look pallatable, I’m wholly done with the lesser evil shit. It needs to end, it’s costing us our democracy and will never, ever produce an opportunity for real change.

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Ok Putin

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Not a coherent response.

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See, in America we have a two party system. It isn’t great but it’s what we have. As the oldest constitutional democracy, they made a ton of progress but didn’t quite understand parties and how the systems set up would play out. Under this system, you don’t get a great candidate to vote for. You get a middle of the road lukewarm candidate. And now we get that and a complete crazypants candidate. Choosing to not vote against the complete crazypants candidate because the lukewarm one isn’t your ideal candidate is such an obvious trap that a lot of people think only Russian bots can fall for it. I’m not quite that optimistic. I know people are susceptible to propaganda, and if you throw on a heaping pile of repeated disappointment it’s an excellent environment for it to work.

So, it was a fairly coherent response. But not for people who are Russian bots, or in the throws of apathy from a huge disinformation campaign and just generally awful human existence. Honestly? I hope everything gets better for you too. Cause it doesn’t look like life is great for Russian bots or republicans or disillusioned people who don’t know where to turn. Best of luck my dude (or bot)

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That is not a reasonable response to someone having a cooler opinion than you.

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Ok Putin

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So you’re going to vote republican then?

Not vote at all?

If you’re not voting get off your soapbox and fucking vote!

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I’m voting Uncommitted for presidential if Biden doesn’t step down. If he does step down that’s enough of a referendum on his Israel policy that I’m willing to vote for his replacement in this context, but Biden needs to go. He’s not only a deeply immoral person, he’s now literally unelectable.

Democrats need to show actual signs of being able to listen. Not rhetoric or empty promises, but actual meaningful action. If they are unable to listen and submit to their constituency then they have no useful potential.

If they want to continue playing chicken then that’s on them and we’ll deal with the consequences of that when they come.

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You don’t understand the American political system. The President isn’t King.

Bernie couldn’t have done more. It’s a Republican Supreme Court and Congress. Biden has done a great job with the limited power he has.

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We have a first past the post-voting system and two major parties. You never vote FOR anyone. You only vote AGAINST who you hate more.

Voting third party or not voting is exactly equivalent to voting for whoever you hate most of the top two candidates.

The things I just said are facts. Logically proven. Look up CPG Grey’s FPTP video if you want an easy primer.

So then the question just remains, do you think both candidates are equally horrible? If the answer is yes, then your strategy is correct. But if you think one of the two is slightly more horrible, that’s the one you should be voting against.

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Sounds like somebody is mad that Biden is unpopular.

You should call your congresspeople about it.

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Downvoted for an opinion the majority of leftists share. Lemmy really has been overtaken by liberals. Fucking depressing.

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