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This is not a progressive ideal, this is the same stupid ideas the Trump voters are using, team voting. Voting is for ideals we want a progressive leader, not a crony like Trump or military complex like Biden.

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I would like thier team to lose so we still have a democracy.

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Did you not read?

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What, your comment? Yeah I read it. It barely makes sense.

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Okay, well let’s see who ya got

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“vote blue” is so cringe and culty. I mean ya, I am going to vote that way out of self defence… But that particular phrase is definitely not going to speak to someone who didn’t already drink the party Kool aid.

Democrats are not your friend, they’re just another powerful political establishment. Republicans are your enemy though.

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It’s vote blue until you suggest replacing Biden then suddenly Biden himself is the only candidate that can win. Why don’t Biden’s supporters just “vote blue” and elect an anti-genocide candidate?

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I’ll vote for the candidate with the most reach who is not trump. That candidate will be a democrat. No other parties are even close. So.

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I’m not suggesting an independent or third party. I’m inviting Democrats not to fuck this up like 2016

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The current political crisis is a competition of ideas. Specifically who can spread their ideas the farthest and the fastest. Neo-liberalism is entrenched in our society and because of that fascism is on the rise. People reflexively reject socialism without understanding that the ideas work and would improve our lives.

We need to vote for Biden in 2024, because he is going to be the Democratic nominee. But defeating Trump will not be the end of this problem. Unless we successfully perform a political revolution we are going to be in this same situation with the threat of a fascist take-over every presidential election.

We need wealth redistribution and also systemic change to our political and economic institutions. To do that we do need high voter turnout. We need people to vote for socialists and progressives in 2026 and 2028. To get those votes we need to change minds.

I personally appreciate the sentiment of this meme, because we need to be encouraging voter turnout. But the fascist movement will only grow the longer we stick with neo-liberalism. The more wealth inequality grows the more people who will be susceptible to fascist ideas.

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Neoliberalism is causing fascism, therefore we need to vote for Biden, the neo-liberal…

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You really managed to miss 3/4 of the argument and still commented.

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you are ignoring the gaping contradiction in your argument. it isnt necessary to catch the subtle nuances of an argument that follow from a flawed premise. dont tell me “we gotta vote even harder” doesnt follow from anything said before, i will agree.

“we need to encourage fascism with neoliberalism just a liiiitle while longer, then we totally got this bro” yeah youre right im missing it

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The voter turnout according to the VEP metric was 66.9% in 2020 and yet Dems don’t have majority in senate so this meme is already wrong.

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Were all the senate seats up for election?

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Did Dems win a majority of the seats that were available?

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are “a majority in the senate” and “a majority of seats available for election” the same thing?

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What does “win in-a walk” mean? i can’t grok this statement. (not a native english speaker)

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They meant cake walk.

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Someone answered already, but I just wanted to point out that I loved your use of “grok”. I’m native English speaking and I could only guess what “win in-a walk” could mean through context. You’re doing great

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I am a native English speaker and I have never heard this phrase before, so don’t worry it’s not you!

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Meaning in a race, where people normally run to win, a person might be so far ahead, or the race might be so lopsided that one could win by walking.

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