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  • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•RecklessEnglish
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    1 day ago

    What’s happening right now is happening because people didn’t go out and vote against it. Trump didn’t gain a significant number of votes from 2020 to 2024, Harris just didn’t get nearly as many as Biden did. Yes, there were plenty of reasons behind this, but regardless, she would have been better than Trump.

    The only thing necessary for the triumph of fascism is for people to not vote for the only viable non-fascist candidate.

    I’m not trying to defend the system. It’s broken. I’m just saying vote rationally based on the reality you live in.

  • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•RecklessEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Yup. No doubt. But the choice between “things are bad” and “fascism” is, while distasteful, an easy choice. The spoiler effect means that in a First Past the Post voting system, mathematically, if you decide to instead vote for the idealistic but unpopular “things could be better,” all you’re doing is removing a vote from “things are bad,” which only benefits “fascism.”

    It sucks. I know it sucks. But it’s what we have right now. Ideally we can make a better system, but we won’t get there by letting fascism win. At least not without a LOT MORE people dying.

    Again, make positive change where and when you can, and vote rationally.

  • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•RecklessEnglish
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    2 days ago

    *Gestures at everything*

    Stuff changed. Are you happy with the changes? Cause I’m not. I want positive change, but I’d rather have the status quo than this. And I’d especially rather have incremental improvement rather than rapid devolution.

    Refusing to vote in your best interests because you want faster change is absurd. Make changes happen where and when you can, and vote rationally.