• mrdown@lemmy.world
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    People decided that Trump was the lesser of the two evil . It wouldn’t happen without the lesser of the two evil bullshit rhetoric

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      People decided that Trump was the lesser of the two evil .

      Than those people definitely don’t deserve my help.

      It wouldn’t happen without the lesser of the two evil bullshit rhetoric

      Do you know what “First Past The Post” means?

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        Than those people definitely don’t deserve my help.

        The thing is that your own life is affected by their decision.

        Do you know what “First Past The Post” means?

        People just have to vote majoritarily to third parties. By accepting the two party system and the lesser of two evil bullshit you are switching between slow decline and fast decline each 1 or 2 elections. Why would any politcian listen to you if they know that yo u will keep voting for them?

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          My better pre-2024 self didn’t view political salvation through lesser evil electoralism on its own. Its one component of a multipart strategy. An important part but not the only one.

          Voting third party is a waste because its simply a bet on a completely unrealistic outcome. Its like having voter’s collectively buying a lottery ticket, with the added risk of total financial ruin.

          Further, the green party only pops up during general presidential elections. They then disappear off the map every other year. They aren’t a serious political project at best and a engineered spoiler at worst.

          But whatever, we’re litigating something that legitimately no longer matters.

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            Its one component of a multipart strategy.

            There is no multipart strategy. Just American switching between the two parties every 1 or 2 elections

            Voting third party is a waste because its simply a bet on a completely unrealistic outcome

            Everything is unrealistic if people do not make effort

            Further, the green party only pops up during general presidential elections. They then disappear off the map every other year. They aren’t a serious political project at best and a engineered spoiler at worst.

            Bullshit. Greens no longer serve your political agenda so you stop caring about them and act like they are doing nothing when they are doing grassroot actions all over the year. While Harris only reappeared to sell her fucking stupid book.

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              5 days ago

              Wait, I wanted to back up to something you said earlier in this conversation because something dawned on me:

              The thing is that your own life is affected by their decision.

              What do you mean by this? Was this a refutation of what I said there? Because I know their decision affected my life. Do you think this means I should help them? If so, why?