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Had Donald Trump been the U.S. president hosting this week’s APEC meetings, I have no doubt that the headline from the event would have been unchanged. It would have been: “He’s a dictator.”

The only difference is it would be Xi Jinping who was saying it to describe Trump.

Other than that, though, a Trump-hosted APEC meeting would likely have been unrecognizably different from the successful and productive forum hosted by President Joe Biden.

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[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Biden did not "skillfully handle" this at all. He foolishly damaged relations with China even further by calling Xi a dictator after going to the trouble of planning this summit.

If you cowards would vote for the Green party or any other party this wouldn't be a problem. Instead, you support the Democrats who don't even try to repair the damage the Republicans do. They both get rich from it together.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Third party votes in a First Past the Post voting system are a protest at best and counter-productive at worst.

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Your plan is to keep voting for people who don't support ranked choice voting.

My plan is to vote for people who support ranked choice voting.

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It makes perfect sense when you don’t think about it.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

You don’t know my plan or my motivations.

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Sure as shit not a third party candidate.

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So someone who does not support ranked choice voting. Great strategy lol.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

You think throwing away your vote on a candidate who claims to support electoral reform but has no chance of winning will have any meaningful impact?

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

They won't have a chance to win if you don't vote for them.

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

They might if they joined a real party instead of a troupe cosplaying as politicians.

You want change, you join one of the real parties and fight to become a candidate in that party and gain enough influence to shift party policy.

If everyone that did the third party nonsense did that, there might be enough support in a real party to start changing things and maybe eventually make third parties viable instead of just a performative game.

[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That didn't work, Bernie is an independent that tried running as a Dem, but undemocratic super delegates and a biased media stopped him.

AOC and the justice democrats also failed and do whatever Nancy Pelosi says

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[-] Neato@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago
[-] goldenlocks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If Jill Stein was working for Putin why would she publicly show herself sitting at the same table?

[-] Neato@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago

If Republicans were working for Putin would they fly to Moscow on the 4th of July?

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[-] osarusan@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

Oh man, what a defense!

"Your honor, if I was the murderer, why would I have been at the scene of the crime, holding the murder weapon in my hand? I mean, that would be too obvious!"

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[-] Throbbing_Banjo@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago

You can't actually think that's a credible defense, come on now

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Are you actually saying someone who works for Putin wouldn't publicly show herself with Putin?

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[-] osarusan@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Lol I haven't laughed so hard all day! Thank you, I needed that.

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