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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You dumb fuck.

Couldn't you see that people are sick of "the lesser evil" they just let the greater evil win?

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I think you need to look at the above the graph and try again, maybe with less f****** around and more using your brain.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 1 points 26 minutes ago

Oh well it's in a doodle on the internet, must be gospel-grade truth.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Voting for lesser evil is important although the lesser evil is still evil

[–] WeUnite@lemm.ee 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is a lie. People just spread this to trick you into not voting so the Republicans win.

[–] FernMD@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 minutes ago

Do you mean that democrats are not centrists?

[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

*Long term effects of a broken 2 party voting system...

FTFY

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The short term effect of voting for the "greater evil" (or not voting at all): straight to the far, far right.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The time to vote for someone good is the primaries, which set what the dichotomy of the actual election is going to be like. In the November dichotomy, voting for the lesser evil is kinda the only option unless you want Big Evil to win.

Yes, it would be better to "merge" the main election and primaries into a ranked-choice vote but that's not happening anytime soon.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The time to vote for someone good is the primaries

"The time to vote against evil is in the bullshit private competition that the party can and does rig, ignore, or not bother with at all."

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

Yes, which is why voting is not enough: you have to campaign for the candidates you want to see. The ranked-choice system would fix this but that's off-limits for now.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 57 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago) (1 children)

How does "campaigning" for the candidates you want to see make a difference if you're not going to vote for them?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)

I didn't say voting is pointless. You should go vote too. But if I go vote in the US I'll be arrested.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 53 minutes ago

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

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