I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

  • Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Exactly this! You can’t just “lesser of two evils” your way through life as you slide towards hell. “Lesser of two evils” isn’t a choice, it’s a hostage situation.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The lesser of the two evils didn’t go after the bigger evil, offered nothing, said the economy was doing great as people suffered higher rent and groceries, and then wondered why people listened to the lying devil saying that they would fix their problems.

      They don’t want to offer solutions, they want votes.

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      24 minutes ago

      I had some vote blue no matter who nitwit yelling at me the other day about this. i asked them what are we supposed to do when 2028 is Mitt Romney (D) vs Trump ®. They said you vote Romney.

      People who voter shame others when both parties have crossed their personal morals are the reason the Democats don’t ever run on anything substative. They have forgotten they have to earn votes. They’re not owed.

      And they have forgotten that when they lose, real people suffer deeply for it. The democrats sin of apathy is often worse than the republican sin of cruelty. At least the republicans are honest about how they want to screw over the country.

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      4 hours ago

      Choosing the bigger evil ain’t the way out of it though. Unless you are an accelerationist that believes things have to get worse before it can get better.

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        2 hours ago

        You can’t get out of a hostage situation by making out with either of the two bank robbers.