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[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

That's entirely beside the point. You think the fascists are more likely to give you ranked choice than the neo-libs? This line of thinking is nonsensical past superficial idealism. What's your alternative, the greater evil? You think that's going to magically make the ever-so-sightly-further-left corporate party turn progressive?

How'd that work after 2016? If the wake-up-call strategy was going to work, that would've been the time. And oh look, we got a geriatric neo-liberal. Fun.

I'm not going to wager a potential fascist dictatorship against the pipe dream that choosing not to vote is a cheat code that what, unlocks the secret actual Leftist candidate? What's the praxis here? This is like sovcit levels of batshit copium fantasy.

Edit: Downvotes, but no practical alternatives. Idealistic circle jerking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The least you can do is not vote for the status quo, but you won't even do that.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Voting for anything but one of the top two parties is pointless, voting for the lesser evil is marginally better than voting for the greater evil, not voting is tacit approval of the greater evil. Please tell me, exactly, how does "not voting for the status quo" improve anything? Not rhetorical. I'm asking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Do you live in a swing state? Because I don't. As far as I see it, voting third party won't have any effect on the election, but might at least signal that I want change. It's not like the popular vote matters in this country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Voting for anything but one of the top two parties is pointless,

I live in a blue state. Using that same logic, voting for Biden here is pointless, because the state's going to go to Biden anyway.