• MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If I was caught between the nazi guy and the guy supporting Nazis overseas, I’d likely not vote for either.

    Totally understandable. But in our voting system, you’re effectively supporting the Nazi Guy. You are lowering the amount of votes he needs to win. People can do whatever they want, but they don’t get to act like they aren’t participating when they absolutely are. Not voting ≠ not participating.

    If someone understands the counterfactuals and implications of a Trump presidency and chooses to “sit out” they should absolutely be classified as supporting Trump. That’s what they’re doing. We need to be strategic just as much as Biden needs to be a better candidate and step his shit up.

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      9 months ago

      Nope. This is Biden choosing to tank his presidency. This is not on the voters who are telling him what they need from him. 80% of democrats want a ceasefire. Biden is effectively setting up a Trump presidency all on his own.

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        9 months ago

        Fine, let’s say Biden is intentionally tanking his presidency. Let’s say he’s actually super buds with Bibi and fully supports what Israel is doing.

        Even supposing that, he’s still not only a better option than trump on this specific issue, but an entire slew of issues.

        The only way this argument is even viable is assuming that DONALD TRUMP being in power would result in less dead Palestinians. That’s absurd and I think everyone knows that.

        Primary, do what you want. Send a message. The general, pick the option that results in less death in Gaza. It’s gonna be Biden or Trump who wins, there is no “nobody wins” scenario on the table.