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Poll: A historic number of Americans don't want a Biden-Trump rematch (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the trick, if you keep voting dem, you will keep getting worse, Republicans. It's a cycle that cannot be fixed by voting for the democratic party. The reality is action beyond voting is necessary. But if voting is all we have, then the only path is to attempt to vote for something else, even if it means losing, because losing will happen anyway. The future Republicans will be worse, and the delay by a few years will be moot.

[–] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's the trick, if you keep voting dem, you will keep getting worse, Republicans

Completely nonsensical. Republicans have gotten worse because their bid to court the south and unite all Christian denominations under abortion was successful. It's completely independent from Dems.

The reality is that voting for Dems in federal elections is currently the only option available for fighting Christian nationalists getting voted into federal office. Other options are much more available at the state and local levels

But if voting is all we have, then the only path is to attempt to vote for something else, even if it means losing, because losing will happen anyway.

Yea sorry to burst your bubble but I'm not interested in helping fascists takeover the country. This kind of accelerationist argument only helps the people trying to keep pushing the Overton window to the right. It's another form of disenfranchisement