GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoJoe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he's reelectedapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square267fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down125
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he's reelectedapnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square267fedilink
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·7 months ago Why would anyone have reservations against voting for that guy. You think voting for Trump or not voting will help those issues?
minus-squareMelkath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down21·7 months agoI think not voting for fascists takes the wind out of fascist sails. Yes.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down5·7 months agoYou think actual fascists give a shit about your vote? Actual fascists, historically, work to strongly depress voter turnout, because the illegitimization of democracy is a core component of the ideology.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down8·7 months agoIn a two-party, winner-take-all system, not voting will just help Trump. Trump will be detrimental to your cause compared to Biden.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·7 months agoThere’s no cause here. Only dissatisfaction spun into a sense of disaffected superiority.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·7 months agoYeah, nothing like taking your dissatisfaction to the next level with a second Trump presidency.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·7 months agoDon’t worry, they’ll just use the opportunity to say “Well, the Democrats won’t be any better. I’ll just not vote in the Trump Dynasty Monarchy Referendum”
You think voting for Trump or not voting will help those issues?
I think not voting for fascists takes the wind out of fascist sails. Yes.
You think actual fascists give a shit about your vote?
Actual fascists, historically, work to strongly depress voter turnout, because the illegitimization of democracy is a core component of the ideology.
In a two-party, winner-take-all system, not voting will just help Trump. Trump will be detrimental to your cause compared to Biden.
There’s no cause here. Only dissatisfaction spun into a sense of disaffected superiority.
Yeah, nothing like taking your dissatisfaction to the next level with a second Trump presidency.
Don’t worry, they’ll just use the opportunity to say “Well, the Democrats won’t be any better. I’ll just not vote in the Trump Dynasty Monarchy Referendum”