• meant2live218@lemmy.world
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      It makes sense to me. Biden and Trump have Secret Service detail already. RFK does not. Biden wants to make sure that it at least looks like all 3 candidates are being protected from more violence.

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                Nice try!

                You are trying to get us to vote for the duopoly, but I am most likely voting for a third party.

                Green Party for the long-term goal of breaking the two-party system.

                Do not forget my mantra:

                We should focus our actions, time, and resources on Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Community Outreach. If you do engage in Electoral Politics do not support the Duopoly (Red or Blue Team). No War but Class War!

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                  You said it yourself: it’s a duopoly. By your vote you have the power to nudge the outcome toward one of two possibilities.

                  More options would be fantastic, but that’s not the system we live in. The current options are fascism or not-fascism. You support 3rd parties? Then vote for whichever party has the best shot at not-fascism… cuz if fascism wins, 3rds are fucked right along with everyone else.

                  In your case, voting Trump, voting 3rd, or not voting at all are all just throwing in the towel. Fascism won! No point in fighting it; just bend over and take whatever comes next.

                  Biden may not be your cup of tea, but a vote for him is a vote to keep the fascists out of power - for you that’s a vote for more time. Right now our system won’t allow a 3rd to win due to the power accumulated by the big two; but it’s still malleable. Ranked Choice is getting onto more and more people’s radar, gaining popularity, and making its way into more and more states. RCV is your golden ticket to getting a 3rd in office - people need to be comfortable with voting for a 3rd without risking the ‘other guy’ taking power. And our system IS moving that direction.

                  Fascist victory and we can kiss RCV goodbye, along with most of our rights and any possibility for 3rd party to come out on top for a very, VERY long time.

                  Could it be better? Yes. Should it be better? Abso-fucking-lutely. But the best result possible in our shitty reality for 3rds and everyone who isn’t a Nazi is for the fascists to lose, and for that to happen, you need to vote blue.

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          For probably 2 or 3 reasons:

          • To bring attention to RFK Jr to help remove votes from Trump

          • RFK Jr is much more known to right wingers, who are also more violent. They don’t even really know of Cornell West or Jill Stein enough to care. RFK Jr is running opposite of Trump on the Right wingers side, whereas the other two will only strip votes from leftwing/Biden side

          • Kennedy Curse, they shouldn’t have lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy. So anything could happen to ol brain worms

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          While I don’t endorse the guy, I think you forgot (L) Chase Oliver. I bring this up only because the Libertarian candidates usually get more votes than the leftist candidates and I’m pretty sure they’re listed on more state’s ballots.

          -Personally speaking, I’ll be one of the “three people” voting for one of the other two candidates mentioned

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      But imagine the consequences of not doing it, and him getting assassinated! Not worth the risk. Also, i assume this is the future standard Trump is looking into. Competition being legal targets for the sitting president