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can we just set up a bot that does nothing but reply with these two comments to every "why no 3rd parties bro" question. We'll turn it on three months before every US election and let it travel around lemmy servers. then turn if off until this whole cycle repeats.
Don't forget a little note saying "Think this is stupid? Vote for Ranked-Choice Voting!'
You said to not vote third party, so you can't vote for rcv.
Not only did they literally not say that... actually no, let's just pause on this. This is so confused it's actually kind of amazing. Explaining how first past the post works is not saying don't vote third party. You could still like a third party the most independent of electoral concerns. And explaining the strategic reasoning for choosing one of the two major parties isn't the same as saying you "should" vote for them in a moral sense.
Voting to enact a ranked choice voting system isn't the same as voting for a third part. You could want rank choice voting even if you favored one of the two major parties but don't want them to lose narrow elections when they might be the winning coalition. You could hate the third party and still want rank choice voting. You can both support a third party and support rank choice voting and understand that they are two entirely separate things.
And I suppose the cherry on top is you referred to them as "you" like it was a single person in a comment chain where it's three comments by three different people.
Truly a magnificent multi-layered piece of confusion, chefs kiss, five stars, two thumbs up, etc etc.