GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years agoJoe Biden wants to complete his goals on civil rights, taxes, and social services if he's reelectedapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square266linkfedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down125
arrow-up1305arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square266linkfedilink
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·2 years 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-down21·2 years agoI think not voting for fascists takes the wind out of fascist sails. Yes.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down5·2 years 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-down8·2 years 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.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·2 years agoThere’s no cause here. Only dissatisfaction spun into a sense of disaffected superiority.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·2 years agoYeah, nothing like taking your dissatisfaction to the next level with a second Trump presidency.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down4·2 years 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”