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submitted 11 months ago by Jordan_Jordan@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

2020 was... truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn't get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.

My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year I'm going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. I'm done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year I'm gonna do my best to fight that.

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[-] SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I am voting for cornel west. I don't give a fuck about stealing votes from biden. cornel west is who I like so I am voting for him.

[-] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I hear you. West is inspirational, and Biden is far too old and not exciting in the least. I don’t like Biden one bit. But unfortunately even if a vote for West is not necessarily a vote for Trump, it’s still a vote against Biden, which makes it more likely that Trump will win. Almost none of us get to vote for a person we actually like, so I’m genuinely begging you to reconsider and vote for someone who has a chance of winning. Unfortunately unless something radical happens in the next few months, that’s only Biden and Trump. If you’re trying to send a message with your vote for West, I don’t think the people that matter will hear it. I wish things were different, but unfortunately this election is between a boring old institutional politician and a racist, fascist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, insurrectionist rapist.

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[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Not voting for the capitalists. It's the least I can do.

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[-] rusticus@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

A reelection of Trump will prompt seriously considering an exit strategy away from the US.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 11 months ago

Passport processing times aren’t too bad right now, but will likely get worse as the election is closer.

[-] brutallyhonestcritic@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fuck everyone in the US Government except Rashida Motherfucking Tlaib.

I’m going to write in Rashida Tlaib. It’s all bullshit. What is happening right now proves it. Even fucking Bernie Sanders sounds like a Warhawk right now.

Ps. You’re all a bunch of lesser evil voting shitlibs. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.

What did your harm reduction get us when we put Biden in office:

  • genocide with our tax money
  • cop city
  • stoking the Cold War and enthusiastically sending our tax money to interfere in another country’s business BECAUSE IT’S WHITE PEOPLE to enrich the Military Industrial Complex rather than helping US citizens
  • overturned Roe vs. Wade
  • no marijuana legalization (mark my words: until the primaries or GE next year when it will help Biden in the election)
  • Medicare for those who can afford it
  • austerity
  • austerity
  • more austerity
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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Further develop contingincy plan to GTFO of dodge if the country is insane enough to elect the cheeto man again.

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[-] BarterClub@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

If it's Trump on the ballet. Whoever else is better. Keep Hitler Jr out of office.

[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago

Fucking democrat all the way. Primaries I'll vote for the less corporate candidates. The republican party is fascists and traitors.

[-] S0L1DX@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 11 months ago
[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

If Trump gets elected again somehow then... I don't know what we can do to fix the country. I can't put into words my feelings about that situation, but I worry it will cause me to no longer believe our country can be saved.

[-] Horsey@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

Arizona here. Very likely voting straight Democrat. We’re a swing state that feels like it’s swinging further Democrat at time goes on. At least at ground level, it feels like things are changing for the better. Phoenix doesn’t look and feel like the land of the Karens and boomers as much as even 4 years ago.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago

they all moved to Scottsdale

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I think avoiding political memes & etc is probably a good idea.

[-] rosymind@leminal.space 10 points 11 months ago

Whichever is the lesser of the evils. It seems that's been the majority of our choices lately.

To be clear I'm all for the people: whoever will create the least amount of suffering, and retain the greatest amount of human rights. It feels like we've stopped making progress and the best we can do for now is cling desperately to what we still have

So... not republican. Obviously.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 10 points 11 months ago

I have become a little active in my county party. Trying to learn the Democratic way of doing things (first impressions: no one is in charge). Hoping to be able to use my database and reporting skills to help improve the ground game for 2024.

[-] Boggy@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Super fucked both ways

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I'm not party affiliated, but I will vote for the Democratic Party candidate. It wouldn't make any difference in my state, but I do it anyway. My state doesn't swing, so I will probably send some money to Democratic candidates in closest out-of-state Senate races (I don't waste money on sure winners or losers).

It's a hold-my-nose thing, since I'm really only about 50% in agreement with them. I tend to swing farther left on certain issues and near-libertarian-right on others. My primary concern at this point is averting a slide further into fascism. I've spent quite a bit of time in formerly-fascist countries and it's a messy thing to untangle. The scars last for generations.

[-] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago

Not in a state where my vote counts so it doesn't matter much. My political plans are trying to avoid getting thrown in jail per the popular bipartisan SB 686 for being too outspoken about opposing the genocide of Palestinians.

Since the 2010 Citizens United decision when the supreme court legalized bribery, the best I've been able to hope for is a managed and slow as possible decline into a feudal-like state with a heritable and defined noble and peasant class. Hopefully nuclear war will prevent the worst possible consequences of climate change so I can have a little hope while I'm being vaporized.

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[-] MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago

Vote for the least worst option. Cry because I live in a red state and it won't make any difference.

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[-] TomMasz@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

I will vote for Democrats for every position and hope like hell it all works out.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Point and laugh

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

What will my approach be to next year's election?

Going to ignore it because it's all bullshit.

Free your mind. The real world is beautiful out here.

[-] room_raccoon@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

God, none of it matters. You'll always have one dickhead or another in office. Losing sleep over who is president is nuts to me. We're in dystopian times now. Just don't think about it

[-] TheAlbatross 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I get the feeling, but I think it's hard to argue that Trump won't accelerate the dystopia. Biden won't make it better, no way no how, but Trump and his neo nazi rhetoric seem far worse.

But, still, can't lose sleep over it. Build up a lil nest egg to flee on instead.

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[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Hold my nose and pick the minimum harm candidates.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

To vote in it.

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