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“Will you vote for Biden in the 2024 election?” [Y/N]

  • LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Weird how that makes it seem like the people trying to make things better are the ones responsible for making things worse. It’s almost like the whole system was set up to give us two horrible choices and make us think the lesser evil is actually good. That way we won’t try to really fix anything ourselves and just get angry at the people who do for “wasting their votes”. No hate to anyone who thinks this way just sharing another perspective.

    I’d rather have Biden than Trump. But I’d rather have Dr. Cornell West or Claudia de la Cruz more than either of them by a lot. Hell I’m probably going to vote for one of them. I live in Maryland, a blue state that’ll go to Biden anyway. If anybody has a problem with that, I don’t care 🤷

    • splicerslicer@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The best time to plant the tree you wish to rest under the shade of was several years ago. The next best time is now.

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Weird how that makes it seem like the people trying to make things better are the ones responsible for making things worse.

      That’s what happens when you’re trying the wrong things.

    • RealFknNito@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      “We were so determined to do great we forgot to do good” sums up people like you.

      You want to do the morally pure thing, the principled path, the high ground without taking into account reality or planning how your stupid choices affect things down the road. Yes - you’re wasting your fucking vote when you give it to someone you know won’t win. Yes - you’re allowing Trump a better chance at winning because you want to throw your hands up and say “Well they both suck, I dun wanna.” and throw a fucking tantrum.

      Cornell West is a grifter promoting himself as “the best independent vote” which is “the best person to waste your vote on” so the fact you want him to win when all he wants is book sales says all I need to know. You’re the average voter who pays no fucking attention to what actually goes on and just guide yourself based on feelings alone.

      “My state is blue so I don’t care” is how you get a red state you dense fuck. You are the reason the left gets nothing done, the reason we trip over ourselves saying shit like “we should have free healthcare, free education, free food, and a UBI” and then give ZERO policy ideas on how to get there.

      In the most civil way I can say it, shut the fuck up about politics if you’re this uneducated about them. You are the roadblock for true progressives because your fucking apathy is like a ball and chain.

    • Pratai@lemmy.cafe
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      4 months ago

      I don’t care.

      The rest of us do. So… we’ll keep the ship floating for you.

      • anarchost@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        You to figure more people would be clued in to the fact that fascism is enabled by apathy. But here we are.

    • brick@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Yes, reality can be hard to deal with. Over here in the real world, you’re choosing between Biden and Trump. Pretty much everyone here agrees with you that it’s not ideal. In your ballot there will be several candidates, but they are all either Biden or Trump. Guess who Dr. Cornell West is?