• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Why is wanting things to get better instead of stagnating or getting worse somehow impossible to understand?

      When the Duopoly exists to ratchet us twoards fascism then the only way out is to abandon the Duopoly.

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        10 days ago

        Voting / politics is a chess game. Sometimes you have to plan ahead and work from behind and sacrifice some positions. Refusing to play the pieces you have (even from a losing position) is just letting the opponent win.

        If there’s a better primary challenger than Newsom, a Progressive candidate, I’m all for them. I want them. I don’t want Newsom, but if it comes down to him or another trump clone, Newsom is good enough to at least keep us from societal collapse.

        Refusing to vote for him because he’s not a perfect fit is just giving the enemy a win. See: all those who refused to vote for Harris and now we have trump.

        There’s no viable 3rd party candidate. Probably never will be.

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          10 days ago

          Lmao i saw this same comment in 2016

          Just save this post and you can use it every 8 years until we are killing each other for clean water

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            10 days ago

            Ok. So how do we “abandon the duopoly?” Honest question. If you have a viable suggestion, I am all for it. Because refusing to vote is what trump wants you to do.