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They really do come across as naive children, the people who espouse this kind of belief. Demonstrating a lack of awareness of how complicated global politics are while also demonstrating a lack of awareness of how, in some ways, simple American politics are. They remind me of myself as a high schooler, all full of righteous indignation and hope for change without understanding how things work.
There will only be two choices for president, no matter how much we may want it to be otherwise or pretend that it could be otherwise. That will remain the case until we can get rid of first past the post and no amount of protesting is going to change that. If you truly want a third party candidate, your focus should be on getting rid of first pass the post. Until then, we only have two options.
Yes, that does mean our democracy is broken. No, that doesn't mean it's unsalvageable. And as I said above, a broken democracy is better than a fascist regime.
That's the absolute worst part bc at that age I'd say shit like "well maybe they have to sacrifice their kids for there to even be a fucking future!" and thinking that's reasonable. Getting older, and enough dystopian media about hard choices, I've learned to ask "why" a lot more and remember.. What are we fighting for in the first place if we lose ourselves along the way? But yeah... You couldn't change my mind then, even if I couldn't see a Nazi on my doorstep like this. Very scary to be naive.