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[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 62 points 10 months ago

Just make sure you don't get authoritarian bourgeois sneaking into positions of power during the chaos like they tend to do.

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago
[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago
[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I hope you have a better reason than "trust me bro" because this literally always happens

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[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

How do you figure sport

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[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

Vote Blue no matter who

THEN we can think about changing something. Cant run if you never learned to walk after all...

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago

Vote genocide no matter who

[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Works like a charm to expose the fakers.

Every. Single. Time. :)

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

How many times do you have to be fooled by the Democratic Party though? This is just a cult problem by this point

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[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 months ago
[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

In real, actionable, practical terms: What is the alternative you propose people choose, that will reduce the likelyhood of a fascist government right now at this election?

[-] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Claudia de la Cruz from PSL

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

Okay, and how do you plan to get them into the hearts and minds of around 50% of the population in the next 2 months, when the vast majority haven't even heard of her? It's not enough to have someone who could be a good president, you also need to get people to vote for them. If you want most of the population to vote for someone, they need to be aware of them as a viable option years beforehand.

I agree that the 2 choices are pawns of the rich, but even if every person who knew about Claudia voted for her, she wouldn't even get enough votes for her to make the news, much less win. We're talking about tens of millions of people voting in unison for an election win to happen in this country. At this stage in the game, there are only 2 candidates with that kind of draw power. If you want to focus on the 2028 election (assuming there is one, since there clearly won't be if Trump wins) to get a 3rd viable candidate on that ballot, that's a noble plan, but by now this election's potential winners are already down to 2.

Voting isn't about closing your eyes and saying "I want someone good to win!" It's about assessing which people might actually win, and voting for the one that best aligns with your views, however loosely. It's about strategy. If you want to change that, you need to build national presence in the name of your preferred candidate, and you need to start years ahead of the elections. Big changes don't happen at the ballot, they happen during the campaigning stage and beforehand. If your candidate isn't on the news every day leading up to the election, most voters won't even know they're an option.

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[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but you don't have more than two options for president of the united states. You have the one supporting unions and the weird racist loony hater one. Anyone suggesting something else might happen this year is lying to you.

[-] three_cheese_fugazi@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

One can only dream

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Not funny

Didn't laugh

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

We have to accept false dichotomies because the only alternative is cannibalism.

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