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      5 months ago

      Anything to not have to grapple with the idea that just voting blue is not enough, huh? And are we going to pretend that Biden didn’t gleeflully pour billions into the genocide?

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        5 months ago

        Yes, don’t vote at all. Better to have more genocide but having the moral high ground of not having voted for less.

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          5 months ago

          Is it really that uncomfortable to engage with the idea? This is just an online forum, there is no possible negative consequence to whatever you write. Humor me, try to refute the idea that voting for a politician purely based on the actions of their opponent disincentivizes the politician to do anything for your benefit. Note that I’m not mentioning genocide, morality, blue, green, red or yellow or whatever. As far as I’m concerned this is about a fictional country called Fakeland with two parties.

          If you guarantee your vote to a politician, what incentive do they have to give even a single shit about your standards of living?

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            How do you guarantee a vote? It’s not like you’re telling the politician ahead of time.

            You can’t really say you’re against genocide if you knowingly take no action against the candidate that says he wants to glass Gaza so he can build a nice resort there.