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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If you have a problem with this line of reasoning then your actual problem is first past the post voting.

Abolish first past the post voting and you can finally actually vote for things you like, rather than against things you hate, but we're stuck in first past the post voting, so, you must vote strategically.

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree 8 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Just curious, do you really expect Republicans or democrats to support legislation to end their stranglehold on American politics?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 56 minutes ago) (1 children)

"In 2023, 74 bills were introduced supporting ranked-choice voting and 57 of these bills had only Democrat sponsors. In fact, just eight percent of the total bills received bipartisan support."

No, but there's one party that has shown support for it and one party that has attempted to outright ban it.

It's an easy choice.

[–] RedditWanderer 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 58 minutes ago)

Dictatorships are a terrible place to live because the wealth of the nation doesn't depend on the citizens. Illiterate slaves can dig-up a mine.

Democracies on the other hand are better places to live not because the people are better, but because the wealth of the nation is dependend on the productivity of the citizens. That's the only reason you have a highway to the hospital.

Vote in the party you think will enact change, and protest / halt the economy until changes start happening. Right now politicians and corporations don't care nobody is happy, it's not affecting their bottom line. Id argue in recent years they accelerated their abuse because there are no consequences.

The parties in place won't do it themselves, the people need to do it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I sure wish more of these people that are all hung up on an issue would vote in the primaries. You know, where you have at least a slim chance of changing things.

[–] pjwestin 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Given how Harris was chosen, I'm really not sure this is the year to make that argument.

[–] chaogomu 3 points 1 hour ago

It was Biden/Harris. He stepped down, but that doesn't suddenly mean that she has to. And with the way the rules around succession and such are worded, especially campaign finance, she was the only choice. Because she was already the VP nominee.

But most importantly, Biden stepped down for the good of the country, and Harris has stepped up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (8 children)

Every four fucking years of my entire voting lifetime is an influx of liberals that are so horny for voting between the lesser of two evil establishment shits that I want to jump off a cliff in Skyrim every time I have to read this type of divisive rhetoric that literally alienates real people with real concerns who would never support Trump. I wish Harris was as leftist as Trump makes her out to be but noooo "sMaLL bUsinEsEs" and "most LETHAL military" and "the bOrdER bill" and "Isntreal has a right to" suck my fucking glock.

I want to go live with the fucking socialist Linux penguins in Antarctica.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

Can’t wait for Blue MAGA to win so they can go to brunch and not do any form of direct action or mutual aid for 4 years while the genocides continue, then shit on leftists for not voting hard enough at the next election.

[–] Dkarma 1 points 11 minutes ago

We can tell this is a bot cuz they say things that don't exist like blue maga

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

"We woulda won if it wasnt for you stinky rotten leftists voting third party!"

-Hilary Clinton (probably)

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