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    221 month ago

    It doesn’t matter. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict isn’t even in the top 10 major threats to our country.

    You can be unhappy about it, but this election is literally deciding whether the US will be a fascist, theocracic dictatorship.

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      141 month ago

      I agree with your stance, but it’s a hell of a hard pill to swallow when both action and inaction directly support the continued financing of a genocide.

      Vote for the lesser evil now, but make up for it by holding them to account to the fullest of your ability once they’re in.

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        71 month ago

        it’s a hell of a hard pill to swallow

        Welcome to being a functioning adult. Life sucks, and it sucks worse when you throw temper tantrums instead of pursuing harm reduction when you can.

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        41 month ago

        No politician is going to please everyone. All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option until there’s finally a good option.

        Ranked choice voting would be nice, but for that to ever be an option we need the left to overpower the right.

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          81 month ago

          All we can do is keep choosing the less bad option

          That’s absolutely not the case. For the Democrats to pull back towards the left, their viability as a choice for left-leaning voters needs to be threatened. It’s too late for this election, so vote Dem, but in the medium term it means taking action to support a better third party that actually champions progressive and egalitarian governance and peaceful foreign policy, and also challenging the Democrats with protests and campaigns.

          Waiting did not get women the vote. Waiting did not achieve the victories of the Civil Rights movement. Waiting will not stop US proxy genocide in the Middle East.

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            31 month ago

            Not enough people will ever vote 3rd party to threaten the democrats. It’s a nice thought, but the amount of people who actually care enough to make the switch is still going to be extremely low even with massive campaigning.

            Also, times are different; the government and population is vastly different than it was in the 20th century. And the threat of a 3rd party wasn’t what made the change anyways.