BlueMAGA

  • Pirate2377@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 year ago

    If you have to vote between a candidate who wants to build 5 concentration camps and another candidate who wants to build one. You vote for the candidate that only wants to build only one concentration camp. Sure, both candidates are really bad, but one is considerably worse.

    Therefore, we must still vote for the lesser of two evils. Not voting at all because both sides bad is how democracy dies, especially when democracy itself is under attack right now.

      • Pirate2377@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        1 year ago

        Oh, you’re right. My mistake. I guess I’ll just stop voting or even protesting then :/

        • m532@lemmygrad.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Please do stop protesting. I don’t want white supremacists protesting against the destruction of the usa empire, I want them behind bars.

          • Pirate2377@lemmy.zip
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            1 year ago

            More so pointing out how silly it is. If the US wasn’t a democracy, then why vote? If they’re referring to the electrol college or lobbying, then yeah, I don’t support those and think it’s anti-democratic. We’d be in agreement.

            • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              If the US wasn’t a democracy, then why vote?

              It’s wild how people can look at sham elections where both parties serve the same oligarchs in other countries, but then think the biggest oligarchy there is, America, is somehow built different.

              But do you mean "then why do people vote, or why should people vote? Cause the answer varies

            • Oppopity@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              Even strict dictatorships have elections to gauge how much support they have. They’re limited in how far they can go before spawning a revolution. Just because votes aren’t capable of inacting actual change against the ruling class’s interests doesn’t mean it isn’t useful. By voting for a third party you’re showing solidarity with the movement and demonstrating how the current system is a sham. By voting for the system you only legitimise it and give the rulers the excuse to say they’re acting legally and with the will of the people.