• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Bro, there is clearly a less-bad choice.

    I hate that that’s what we’re reduced to, but we have one deeply uninspiring and frustratingly out-of-touch candidate, and one completely psychotic narcissistic authoritarian candidate. There is a very obvious “correct” choice here, both as an American voter and as a human.

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      9 months ago

      … depends on one’s goal: a better or a worse America.

      China and Russia, as the other superpowers, most definitely want a worse USA.

      Iran wouldn’t mind destabilizing the infidels.

      What’s boggling is that there are American voters who apparently want a worse USA. Though that seems to apply to quite a few western democracies.

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        9 months ago

        …yes…? It’s also less bad than the alternative. And you’re not going to be able to persuade me that voting 3rd party in the general is a good idea, because it is most definitely not a good idea if you want to prevent Trump from getting into office.

        I hate the two-party system too. But pretending it doesn’t exist is a great way to get steamrolled by it.

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          9 months ago

          This wasn’t the point though. It is that both options are bad. Yes, one is objectively less bad, but I’d guess a majority of Americans will not vote for Biden but instead against Trump.

          I will absolutely cast a vote for Biden, but not because I like Biden.

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        9 months ago

        So you want to just hand the presidency to fascists because Biden is, while not an outright fascist, an extremely milquetoast candidate?

        Pull your head out of your ass and at least try to be realistic.