• theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    The most fascinating thing about blue MAGATs is how they keep peddling this narrative that leftists will vote for Trump.

    None of the leftist discourse online I have ever seen has embraced this idea. Admittedly I never see lemmygrad posts due to instance.

    So in your worst case, a fringe group of like 3000 hardcore Putin supporters will maybe vote Trump for fun. The West has fallen.

    Maybe when your only talking point is “it’s just a little genocide”, it’s time to reflect.

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      6 months ago

      I was actually joking about people throwing their vote away on RFK. Because with FPTP our choices are assisting with genocide or committing genocide and the murder of political rivals.

      I’m not defending anyone. I think what’s happening is fucking reprehensible. The alternative happens to be way fucking worse. And until we can get ranked choice, STAR, or some other voting method that better reflects the will of the people that’s how it’s going to be. All the name calling and progressive purity tests in the world won’t change that.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Our voting method is just one of the many myriad problems with how we elect government officials. Even if that was fixed we’d still be ruled by low-population states, and the president can be elected with 20% of the vote.