• Additional_Prune@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hate on Biden all you want, but please vote for him. Trump is worse. Trump was behind moving the US embassy to Jerusalem. Trump instituted a ban on travel to the USA from some (note some) Muslim majority countries. If Trump gets elected, expect Project 2025 to come to fruition.

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      11 months ago

      Trump is a Zionist too. He officially recognized Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. Anybody who thinks they will fix the Israel problem by not voting for Biden is sorely mistaken.

      • no step on snek@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        I doubt people think they can “fix the Israel problem by not voting for Biden”.

        It’s more that they refuse to vote for an asshole.

      • thedarkfly@feddit.nl
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        11 months ago

        In french, we call this “useful vote” and it sucks when it is a crucial strategy… but in a flawed electoral system it unfortunately is.

        • nutsack@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          trump, while being in office, will pull the overton window much further than you would by not voting

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              11 months ago

              the democrat party is right-wing. the Republican party is batshit fascist set on changing the rules, and they don’t fight fair

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          1 year ago

          Ah of course. Once they know you’ll vote for them no matter what they do, they’re sure to move left.

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            1 year ago

            It sucks that the alternative is “or autocratic fascism” but sometimes that’s life.

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              1 year ago

              Oh spare me, Dems have been saying that for every election in my life time. Does the phrase Vote or Die ring any bells?

              When you try to claim every election is the last one, it loses its urgency.

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                11 months ago

                absolutely nobody is claiming that it’s the last election or that the next one will have a better democrat. you’re just making shit up

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        1 year ago

        grass roots activism and talking shit on the internet the same as before

        • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          So the plan is to win every election from now until the end of days? I’m not if that’s realistic.

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            11 months ago

            I’m not sure what you’re alluding to. One party probably won’t win every election until the end of days, nor should it. However, votes are one way that we have a voice in government, and your government represents you less when your voice isn’t heard.

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                11 months ago

                democracy is just going to end sooner or later anyway

                This is speculative, and a bad reason to not vote on purpose. The US has a flawed democracy, and it can get better. Voting won’t “fix” our government alone, but not voting is a guaranteed way to let others choose and vote for you.

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                  11 months ago

                  Eh? I’ve been told, categorically, in the very thread, that I have to vote Biden or American democracy will end

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                    11 months ago

                    I have to vote Biden or American democracy will end

                    I made a graphic that describes what others have probably recommended:

                    If you vote for a candidate that you know will lose, then it practically makes the same impact as not voting at all.

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      11 months ago

      I wasn’t aware Biden had won the nomination. I know the establishment is openly canceling elections, but vote Biden to save Democracy!