• EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    Who said anything about electing Trump? The only people that say, but Trump are the liberals that think you’ve only got two options. There’s a lot of us that did not vote for top of the ticket and voted downline, top of the ticket was garbage, regardless of which fascist you decided to support

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      I can go ahead and call 2028 for you now.

      It’s gonna be the Dem or Rep nominee.

      It is binary. If you believe another outcome is likely, let’s bet money.

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        Kalama lost bc voters for who voting is a real burden didn’t show up to vote. They are poor and likely people of color. Fuck off with blaming people.

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          Hey I’ll likely be fine. Better off than the people you identified in your comment.

          I’m a cis white male who makes ~$250k/yr.

          The ones who sat at home are likely going to be much worse off.

          At least it’s gonna be very hard to make the brain dead “both sides” argument over the next 4 years.

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                  Funny. I was told that was a false dichotomy before the most recent election too.

                  Somehow I just continue being proved right. This is my cross to bear.

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                    wow, dogshit party will get elected in the hitlerite country, amazing insight, I can see why you get paid the big bucks

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          It literally doesnt though. Its because of how our votes are tallied, First Past the Post. If a third party ever reached viability, theyd just split the same half of voters with whichever large party theyre closer to

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          Sure. Agreed.

          That doesn’t change the fact.

          I made no claim about the mechanics of it. Only the outcome.

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        Why aren’t you working to replace First past the post voting in your state so there can be more then two options?

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      You’re an idiot if you think that not voting for Harris means you didn’t implicitly vote for Trump.

      There were two viable candidates in this election, because that’s how the US election system works. A 3rd party will never win until the entire system changes. Full stop.

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        You know what makes for a viable candidate, people voting for them. Liberals claim to support a 3rd party but not until they are viable. They essentially want other people to do the work for them so they can hop on someone else’s bandwagon and claim this is what they always wanted

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        Is it really how that works? No way! Ive literally never heard anyone say that! Definitely not over and over in this thread or anything!

        Thanks internet stranger for solving the third party problem! Not all hero’s wear capes!

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      We have a voting system that mathematically devolves into a two party system. If you think voting third party will change anything the way the system is set up right now, you’re naive.

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      There’s a lot of us that did not vote for top of the ticket and voted downline

      No, the republicans won all three branches so that’s a lie.

      I hope the democrats move hard right next election to target people who actually vote and don’t just sit it out.