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That's too simplistic. The two parties will either make it worse or not make it better. Not voting (assuming you are in a state without winner-takes-all or are in a swing/purple state) is letting other people decide for you. Walking away from the trolley problem doesn't untie people from the tracks.
Reddit logic isn't going to convince me to support a genocide candidate, sorry. My vote was never yours. There's no tent big enough that Dick Cheney being invited in won't result in me wanting to burn the whole tent down.
Where was he invited?
So Dick Cheney decides your politics for you?
I don't vote for republicans... If you pander to and platform republicans, I will not vote for you. If you plan to put a republican in your cabinet, I will not vote for you. If your immigration plan is just the republican plan from 8 years ago, i will not vote for you. If you insist that I must support genocide otherwise there will be more genocide, I will not vote for you...
So if Dick Cheney said "Russia is terrible, you should support Ukraine" you would oppose Ukraine because Dick Cheney supports them?
Opposing everything Dick Cheney does is mindless and is allowing Dick Cheney to decide what you support.
It looks like you're not going to vote for anyone anyway so why should either party care what you want?
I voted bud, just not for Harris. I.don't.vote.for.republicans.
If national democrats want to platform all the pre 2016 republican policies, I will not vote for them.
Lots of down ballot stuff, so take your win.