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[–] DessertStorms@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

The fact that those are your choices should be enough to alert you to the reality - that voting is a charade to make you feel "heard" and to keep you from turning on your overlords, who will continue to wage war for profit (be it on Palestine or on their own poor and marginalised) no matter what.

Sadly the propaganda is so strong that most people can't see beyond the pretend field laid out in front of them and the "blue vs red" mentality that is enforced along with it, so focused on this artificial division that they don't see that the real "teams" are society and those who exploit it for profit and power (and who control the media and the education system, ensuring you're indoctrinated this way from birth).

By all means, vote for the lesser (but still) evil (I'm in the UK, we are able to vote "none" which I will be doing if there is no one on the ballot who represents me), but you don't get to pat yourself on the back for it as if you've just stormed the beach on D day and singlehandedly defeated fascism, because that's nowhere near the truth, which is that you've just participated in a bit of theatre where you were given an illusion of choice. You being uncomfortable doesn't change that.
It could change you, if you decide to engage the discomfort instead of ignoring it, you can start here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230803021951/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic

https://truthout.org/articles/fascism-is-possible-not-in-spite-of-liberal-capitalism-but-because-of-it/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/14/liberalism-and-fascism-partners-in-crime/

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[–] Cagi@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Huh, this is the most convincing vote blue no matter who argument I've seen. I'm in Canada so it's not up to me, but damn, this SpongeBob meme is poignant.

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Didn't exist something called primaries?

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[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I am not american so I don't vote, but if I were, as a leftist, I would likely very begrudgingly vote Biden, however I find that this entitlement to leftists votes that liberals have is only gonna make leftists less willing to vote for Biden tbh. In fact I'd much rather vote a third party already your shitflinging isn't gonna make me any more willing tonsupport your shitlib.

If you got to the point where every election is "vote us or the fascist republicans win" maybe it's time to analyze and rethink your tactics and system instead of demanding leftists simply vote for you because a shitlib is somewhat less bad than a fashit. Maybe even do some leftist things, gasps, so they may actually want to vote for you. And you also might want to revisit this system that is so weak and vulnerable to democratic backsliding that every election is a threat to it.

Or you could wait for the leftists to bring out the guillotines and solve the issue for you, tho you're probably going to be on the chopping block after so many years of moving to the right and blaming leftists every time you lose, and maybe also cause your party is still ok with letting businesses do their thing including union busting or the genocide mentioned in the meme.

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