• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Terrible idea. A better plan is vote progressives into congress. The presidency literally doesn’t matter. Congress gets to dictate almost everything the President can do.

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      2 months ago

      I guess if you don’t care who gets in then yeah.

      I’m personally past just voting for the “least bad” candidate no matter how that’s determined. It’s candidates I actually want from here on out.

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        2 months ago

        You do that. And if/when Trump wins and gives Netanyahu the ok to turn Palestine into glass then turn it into luxury apartments for violent Americans, and he does, then those people’s blood will be on your hands. Remember that.

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          2 months ago

          It’ll be my fault… why?

          Will it be because I’m responsible for the choices my government makes? Wouldn’t the blood also be on the hands of the “progressive” voters? The Harris voters?

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            2 months ago

            Because every vote counts, and there are only two possible outcomes.

            Buddy, you know why. You can pretend online that you don’t understand it, but I know you’re smart enough to get it, and deep down, you know that what I’m saying is true.

            Either you feel emboldened to say it because it looks like Kamala might win, so therefore you think you can just throw your vote away, or you know exactly what you’re doing.

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              2 months ago

              I’m old enough to have been able to vote in the 2000 election. Is the blood from 600 thousand Iraqis on my hands too?

              If I were choosing the vote that makes me least responsible for the genocide in Gaza wouldn’t I choose a candidate who opposes it in both word and deed?

              If what you said were true and I really was responsible for the actions of my government through my vote, wouldn’t it make sense to focus on getting voting records from diebold or whatever so you could use that information to target your vitriol at the people most responsible for this nations cruel actions?

              I don’t think you’ve seriously thought what you’re saying through.

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                  2 months ago

                  Gore would have won in Florida if there had been a full recount instead of a partial.

                  If you really believe that people are responsible for the actions of their governments does that extend to the gore voters in Florida?

                  If people are responsible for the actions of their governments then what justice should be enacted to right the wrongs they bear responsibility for?

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                    2 months ago

                    I believe that the number of people who voted for Nader in FL was enough to have given Gore a significant enough lead that a recount would never have taken place. Been a few years since I’ve looked at the actual numbers though so maybe I’m thinking of another state.

                    Not sure why we’re talking about the 2000 election but ok.