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As the title states I am confused on this matter. The way I see it, the USA has a two party system and in the next few weeks they’re either going to have Trump or Harris as president, come inauguration day. With this in mind doesn’t it make sense to vote for the person least likely to escalate the situation even more.

Giving your vote to an independent or worse not voting at all, just gives more of a chance for Trump to win the election and then who knows what crazy stuff he will allow, or encourage, Israel to get away with.

I really don’t get the logic. As sure nobody wants to vote for a party allowing these heinous crimes to be committed, but given you’re getting one of them shouldn’t you be voting for the one that will be the least horrible of the two.

Please don’t come at me with pro-Israeli rhetoric as this isn’t the post for that, I’m asking about why people would make such choices and I’m not up for debate on the Middle East, on this post, you can DM me for that.

Edit: Bedtime here now so will respond to incoming comments in the morning, love starting the day with an inbox full 😊.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Her stance is practically indistinguishable from Trump's and enables Israel to continue the genocide.

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Because they’re willing to chop off their nose to spite their face, as the saying goes. Only in doing so they’re going to screw over the rest of us and apparently they don’t care.

Harris is the only sane choice.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago

Shaming peoppe so they vote for your guy. Try harder.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It feels like watching Trump burn the middle east to the ground instead of Harris would be cold comfort for anyone proud of not actively voting for a different genocide abetting candidate. There is no anti-genocide candidate, sadly, but one party has at least the shadow of a conscience that can be pressured later.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Losing the election is the only kind of accountability Harris and the Democrats are likely to face for their part in the genocide. Otherwise, what incentive is there for either party to ever oppose it? What message would Americans be sending to the world that we would keep in office someone who's been actively supporting a genocide?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 16 points 1 day ago (11 children)

What message would we be sending if our replacement for them is a guy that wants Isreal to "finish the job" with it? Killing fewer people matters more than accountability

[–] small44@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

There is not a big difference between one who say finish the job and one who doesn't say it but give every resources for Israel to finish the job

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[–] chaos@beehaw.org 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Do you think electing Trump will be read as "wow, the US is taking a principled stance on Palestinian rights" by the world?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A third party becoming relevant, if not actually winning, could do.

Of course, the last time that happened in the USA they imprisoned the leader.

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What has the current administration actually stopped Israel from doing? Every line in the sand has been crossed and there have been no consequences, trump won't be worse for Palestine than Kamala

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