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What happens in November is up to Biden – it will not be the fault of the protest voter if Trump is elected. The questions remain: does the Democratic party fear Trump as much as we do? And does it value its voters enough to shift away from an approach to the onslaught in Gaza that a majority of Democratic voters are against?

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 58 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (26 children)

I’m just tryna vote for the lesser, by far, of two evils. It’s a fucking binary system, you can stomp your feet all you want and still get a genocide and possibly much worse, or you can at least preserve hope for a better future.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Same but in the mean time I'm going to continue to donate and help push for progressives and those who keep fighting to get rid of the bullshit first past the post voting system and electoral college bullshit.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (21 children)

It's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally simple:

Voting Biden in gives us time to take all this energy we're mustering up and using it to promote broader, more significant changes. We don't stop at the election and instead use the next four years to push toward a better tomorrow.

Too many people are stopping at Trump v. Biden. Too many more are stopping at Them v "The System".

Change takes time. When you vote for Biden, you vote to reset the clock, and then it's time for all of us to get to work.

[–] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Exactly. If Trump wins, he will outright BAN the Democratic Party, at worst. We will all either be Republicans, or we will be prisoners. And if that happens, the only group with the means to oppose him and the GOP Fascists is gone. And yes, the DNC absolutely has the means. They have all the tools they need. Now, I will admit that they lack the will to use those tools, but if Trump wins they'll never get the chance to use them.

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[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hope for whom? A better future for whom? If personal selfishness outweighs the value of humanity, then we’ve already lost, and the outcome of the election is irrelevant.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

for whom?

The gay and trans people who won't get murdered? The women who won't die in abortive childbirth?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Are there not gay and trans people in Palestine right now? Or is it only American LGBTQIA 🏳️‍🌈 folks that matter?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You're arguing in bad faith. Everyone should know this guy.is a false flag right wing nutbag.

CHECK HIS POST HISTORY HE DOESNT ARGUE IN GOOD FAITH

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That’s a Thought-terminating cliché.

It’s entirely possible that there are multiple points of view concerning this conflict and the upcoming election. Please, look at my post history, it might be inciteful.

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Please, look at my post history, it might be inciteful.

What a Freudian slip lol

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Uh oh are we throwing a tantrum bc someone doesn't agree with you? Grow up cx

Also Idk if Guy Levi has anything to do with this, it's prob best you leave him be 🌸

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Haha are you ... serious? You know what Palestinians do to gay people, right? Right?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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