Essentially this implies you have to be mark material for Nigerian princes in order to not vote for Biden (id est vote against Trump).
It also implies that enough of US voters are, indeed, that naïve.
Or maybe people can’t bring themselves to vote for someone funding and enabling a genocide. I’ll be voting for a 3rd party candidate so there won’t be blood on my hands.
You do you tho but don’t be surprised when people shit on you for supporting a genocide when you tell them you voted for Biden
likewise, voting for a third party, also equally i would argue, supports a genocide. Due to the fact that the US is almost explicitly two party, the third party is really just the 12 people in a city who think they’re better than whatever the fuck else exists, even though ultimately about 14 people will vote for said party, and one of those is someone who doesn’t know any of the candidates.
Politics is hell, life is hell, the world is hell, i consider this to be a form of astroturfing to be completely honest. Nothing you do is going to make a significant difference, you need to be conscious of that, unless we have a ranked choice voting system with like 5 candidates, where the win is by plurality and not the fucking majority percent, then it literally does not matter who you vote for. (when it comes down to this kind of proxy war bullshit that seems to inflame people so aggressively, on a macro scale, it’s different, i’m just making a point)
Just for the record, so you don’t think im some sort of morally superior fuckhead twat, i’m not voting this cycle. I’m worse than anybody voting. Literally anything you do is going to be better than me. At the very least, nobody can say i support genocide, because i am ambivalent to it. This is the road you are toeing close to my friend.
What kind of Backwoods fucking logic is that… so choosing not to vote for the two candidates who are pro genocide makes me pro genocide? The fuck are you saying?
God you fucking neo libs are dumber than fucking conservatives at this point.
i’m saying that it makes no quantifiable difference, in the same way that me not voting, literally does nothing. The fact that you are also basically not voting (third party candidates pull basically nothing most of the time)
As a result, the likely people to go into power, are well… The two candidates who “support genocide” This is just how two party systems tend to work. You need like 5 different candidates with plurality voting for it to really matter. Once you start having that level of candidacy the numbers become significantly more spread out due to the fact that candidates have more varied policies. Moving it from majority vote win, to plurality vote win. I.E. Significantly more attainable, stable, and a lot more applicable to an entire countries governmental policies.
Maybe i’m fucking wrong, and maybe this third party individual is fucking incredible, once in a lifetime political handling abilities and is going to bump straight through all the bullshit and right into the presidency. I’m not willing to bet on it though. Currently the political system is so aggressively polarized, that we are “voting between a fascist, and someone who isn’t that fascist” so if we want to “not be fascist” our best option here is going to be voting for the party who is “not fascist” because you can be sure as hell that conservatives aren’t voting third party. Maybe they are, but not in any significant numbers, likewise can be said for the democratic party.
I simply do not see a situation where we come out of this without either trump, or biden in power. Unless i start hearing shit like, tomorrow, about this supposed third party. I simply don’t think it’s feasible for any other result. I can’t imagine republicans are voting in any significant number against trump, most people who would are probably swing voters, so democrat this time around. Those who are voting for trump are going to be a significant portion of the base, probably at least 30% of the votes of that party. The democrats have the same issue. Most people are going to prefer voting for biden because incumbency and shit hasn’t fucking exploded completely yet. I mean sure some people involved in the israel palestine stuff are probably voting third party, but i can’t imagine they’re a significant part of the populous. If they were we wouldn’t be in this position that we are now.
At best, what voting for third party this time does is say “i didnt vote for joe biden, or trump” which like, you do you. But uh, good luck have fun with that one.
I’m gonna let you know right now that shaming people who don’t vote for Biden is not a winning strategy and never will be.
Also saying Republicans are fascist and democrats aren’t only appeals to liberals. Lefties fully believes both parties are fascist so that argument doesn’t work either.
just for the record i’m not shaming people for how they vote, i’m shaming people for believing that there is some form of altruistic meaning in whoever you vote for. There isn’t, there isn’t a way to win, the entire point of voting is democratic compromise, you shouldn’t feel like an in group, you shouldn’t feel like an outgroup, you should feel like a contributor, because that’s what you did. You contributed.
The rest is fair enough, but i wasn’t going to interject a complete political paper into a comment about how voting is fucked up. Regardless, it serves it’s purpose. Also i don’t fully align with your interpretation of my statements, i bunched center leaning moderate types into the “swing voters” people who regularly change who they vote for because they generally don’t care. This often leaves people who consistently vote for republican/democratic presidents. So most of who would be left is going to be maga/far right people, i.e. primarily trump voters. I don’t want to say most left over democratic voters are going to vote biden, because i think there will be a significant upset, but i think it’ll be most voters that end up voting for biden, like i said unless the third party gets like 30% percent votes or something, nothing unusual has happened.
So you support Trump and want a dictatorship, got it.
Becsuse that’s what your actions are. They’re naive actions which help Trump.
And this is why people don’t like democrats, I’m not helping Trump by not voting for Biden. Maybe don’t be a genocide maniac and people will vote for you.
I’m not helping Trump by not voting for Biden.
Yes you are.
Especially because the US doesn’t even employ direct presidential elections, but uses the electoral college. A third party candidate simply will not win. Any obfuscation of a clear win will make it that much easier for the electors to disregard the people.
I’d like to remind you that Trump is still actively pretending the last time he didn’t lose, and even when he was elected president, it was against the popular vote.
So yes, by not voting for Biden, you are helping Trump, like it or not. Which you clearly do, with the whole “this is why people don’t like democrats”. I’m not American, and you still result to trying to mock democrats, clearly implying you’re a republican.
And thus you probably actually know you are helping Trump and you’re fine with it, you’re just ashamed of letting people know that’s what you actually think.
The democratic strategy of shaming people for not voting for your candidate instead of shaming your candidate for committing a genocide is an odd strategy…
Keep it up, you’re only making people not want to vote for Biden even more.
Do you understand that the US isn’t a democracy? You can live in your fantasies, I can’t help that — and again, I’m not American — but that won’t change the political reality you live in.
You don’t live in a democracy. Your vote can already be ignored. And you’re ready to throw it away, instead of voting against Trump?
Voting for Biden doesn’t mean you agree with him, ffs.
I have a horse in this race because the US is already infamous for it’s crass foreign policy.
And you want to give Trump a better chance of winning?
Do you understand that the last time he “won”, he didn’t even have the popular vote?
And you’re trying to make it easier for the US to become a vassal state to Russia? Trump is Putin’s whore, and his only chance.
If Trump wins, it’s an actual threat to democracy everywhere on this planet, however indirectly.
So I don’t care if you have to vote for another shitty president who doesn’t care about foreigners dying, it’s nothing new to you. As long as it’s not the illiterate orange clown who is in Putin’s pocket. And you don’t seem to have a lot of choice, realistically, do you?
If I were as generalising as you, I’d write “this is why people hate Americans” but I know not everyone from the US is like you.
You’re only hurting your cause, you made me want to vote for Biden even less.
Donald Trump thanks you from the cold depths of his orange heart.
You do you tho but don’t be surprised when people shit on you for ensuring a Trump victory, when he makes good on his pledge to help Israel “finish them all”
Ah yes, it’s my fault for not wanting to vote for Biden and not Bidens fault for committing a genocide and making his voter base absolutely fucking hate him.
Oh that’s definitely his fault, but you are presented 2 bad options and have chosen the worst one out of principle.
Please be practical. I want the best for Palestine, and unfortunately the best US presidential candidate for them with a chance of winning is Biden. “best” meaning least worst…
Send a message all you’d like, but I’d rather minimize the inevitable damage than say “told you so” while standing and watching everything burn.
Push Biden to end the genocide instead of shaming voters for not wanting to vote for him
I’m not shaming you for not wanting to vote for him, I don’t want to either, I’m trying to convince people that voting for him is in Palestine’s best interest (better than Trump winning).
See that’s your problem, you shouldn’t be convincing people to vote for Biden. You should be convincing Biden to be someone worth voting for.
No. It’s not our problem to fix. It’s sometimes just a choice to walk away which everyone seems these days to push that you should just focus on yourself anyways.
If they don’t want our input, or effort or thoughts but just want a vote and some money then fuck it. I’m not involved and I don’t have the sway or money to even be a bother to them.
I won’t just be a resource to be won by default.
Oh but we were worried about influence campaigns on TikTok? It was always about who’s getting the money.
I’d prefer one less Hydra head
Lmao, reading the line direction as part of the line moment. “ So we meet again, long pause” or “This isn’t my world, DISAPPOINTED!”
I won’t be voting for Biden because I don’t live in one of the US state. I live in one of the Europe country.
Wow, she sounds just like some Lemmy users I know!
Contrary to popular belief, she will not find you more attractive if you also are from us state
I too am from US STATE! What is your US secure society number so that we can get to know each other better?
404, nice to met yous.
Oh it’s 186-75-3090, I can wait to meet you in Capital City, US STATE so we can get to know each other better.
It’s that you Jenny?!?!
Hello fellow USian! Would you like to be swimming with me in local warm water port?
Feeling cute, might not vote later
I guess all the good trolls got sent to Donetsk?
Sure, Melania’s friend, sure.
Look at what they have to do to mimic a tenth of our power!
Like, who would even fall for this stuff? It is so blatantly obvious.
Are there really people who would believe anything just because it has a picture of a pretty lady?
Is this your first day on Lemmy?
How often have you just read a headline? It’s not about creating cases that stand up to scrutiny, it’s about creating the impression of a movement.
Nudging people by making things appear more reasonable than they otherwise would be.
Also our brains are really good at forgetting the “fake” part of fake news after a while.
Yeah I heard that somewhere. Maybe I’ll look it up later…
Boomers
Yes.
Doing what people want and get votes ❌️ Calling them bots 👍
Ah, you’re “from US state” too?
Clearly I am a russian bot.
I am real American, live in authentic American warm-water port and how about those New York Yankees Of Baseball Team!
Now that we have established trust with entertainment reference, I tell you that voting for Biden is no good.This year is for Baltimore Bird. Please acknowledge timely and well informed credible.
did you see that ludicrous display last night?
Looks like those clowns in congress did it again! What a bunch of clowns.
What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?
I know, and they just keep trying to walk the ball into the net.
Absolutely LUDICROUS, they always try and walk it in.
Ironically this is probably made by Biden’s team to scare people into voting Biden because those Russkis are tryin to steal our 'lection!
I mean, the main thing is that you can somehow make it Biden’s fault. Sometimes that’s a pretty hard job, but you put in the work!
That’s quite a stretch
“I’m going to do all the bad things people hate, then post about all those bad things, run on the bad things on TV, then go have rallies where I say it’s all the Russians doing!”
(Head tap meme) Lol
