Seriously I’m so confused on this. The USA has a 2 party system. You either vote for Biden or you get Trump. Abstaining from the vote you get Trump. MAGA will have a 100% turnout for their God Emperor.

Trump supports Israel 100%. Again, by not voting for Biden the reality is you’re voting for Trump who is even more supportive of Israel and will also attempt to upend democracy in the west.

You don’t have any options here that support Palestine. The reality of the situation is you either get Biden or Trump and the latter is infinitely worse for the ideal you’re trying to uphold by abstaining. That’s how politics work in the US. You might not like it, it sucks, but unfortunately that’s just the way things work.

CMV

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    commented this elsewhere, but the general idea is that by showing that an important contingent of the left won’t vote for a pro genocide president, the democrats will have no choice but to run a candidate that is electable in the future.

    this means that trump might be president in 2024. That sucks, but most of the damage has already been done (supreme court, senate, etc). Might as well show the dems that they have to run a candidate that supports the rights of civilians all around the globe

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      Most damage has already been done

      Hahahahahaha you have no idea the privilege you have even after trumps 2016. It could be much much much worse, and if anything he’s made it clear 2024 will be bolder

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      trump might be president in 2024. That sucks, but most of the damage has already been done (supreme court, senate, etc).

      It’s very optimistic of you to assume the damage is already done when he’s literally promising to replace the entire government with loyalists and weaponize the judiciary system against all the “vermin” as soon as he’s reelected.

      Might as well show the dems that they have to run a candidate that supports the rights of civilians all around the globe

      Except by then there won’t be any more elections

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      “most of the damage has already been done”

      Oh ye of little faith! There are boundless more people to harm.