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You have roughly equal amounts of people pulling the lever in the "kill one person" direction and the "kill many people" direction.
The only people interested in pulling a lever that adds a third rail are the "kill one person" crowd. The moment enough of them let go, the lever goes in the "kill many people" direction because that crowd has no interest in a third rail, they quite like the "kill many people" option. You'll never get enough people to join the third option from both crowds simultaneously. No third party has seen any real form of success in nearly 200 years within the current system. Changing the system is necessary but taking out hands off the lever is a disaster.
You genuinely think Biden pulled back the israel support? There would be no difference between him and Trump.
You're never gonna change anything if you're not willing to take your hands off a kill lever.
Also you are actively pulling the kill lever instead of the peace lever by voting for the "lesser evil" it's because of this that a third party isn't taking off.
Of course Biden didn't, but I genuinely think Trump will be way worse. Anyone who thinks Trump, in control of our military as President, wouldn't be making even worse choices, clearly wasn't paying attention last round.
And it's not just Israel/Palestine. It's Ukraine/Russia and China/Taiwan. Biden isn't changing the status quo, but he's not actively making the situation worse. Trump adores the military and sees himself as a strongman (admittedly not when licking Putin's boot), and is going to immediately want to flex the military. He'll pull Ukraine support entirely. He'll antagonize Iran or maybe actively bomb Hamas targets in Palestine. He'll antagonize China or maybe recognize Taiwan's independence. That would be a disaster.
I want change. I want a better system. I desperately want us to take our hands off the lever. But that change needs to be better and lasting change. It needs to be done such that when enough Democrats take their hands off the lever, the lever does get pulled hard in Republican's favor. I will actively pull the lever in the "kill people" direction because if we let go at all it will be yanked in the "kill everyone" direction, and when it comes to ideals versus practicality, I go with what actually results in less harm.
I get the ideal, but the practicality of American politics and the electoral college is just shitty. I'm genuinely curious what you think would happen in 2024 if people don't vote Biden? I'm assuming you're advocating for the Green Party, whoever their candidate ends up being. Trump doesn't need huge margins to win. Biden had over 6 million more votes but the margins in many key swing states were less than 25,000 votes. Anyone farther left of Biden isn't pulling votes from Trump, they're pulling votes from Biden, and when the margin is that small, it makes all the difference. A Green candidate taking even 3% of a given state is enough to give it to Trump.
I believe enough change from the inside is possible that it can invalidate the lever. There are progressives within the Dems, that could get us to a point where there's no electoral college, or a voting system that isn't first-past-the-post. States are independently joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Once such systems are in place, then it doesn't matter how hard the Republicans pull the lever, we have a bunch of working levers. But we'll never get to that point in the first place if the Republicans get to pull the lever all the way. The party that actively wants to destroy our democracy is not gonna give us a second chance at any lever if we let them pull this one further.
Your democracy? You're supporting genocide because you can't vote for the other guy. What the fuck are you on about. Might as well call Russia a democracy now. Wake the fuck up. Your morals are flushed so far the drain I've seen North Koreans less brainwashed.
Who's the "other guy"?
Literally who are you advocating for? Who do you think will apparently fix the state of American democracy in 2024?