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  • That. Doesn’t. Work.

    Full stop.

    Let’s say for a moment that progressives and Democrats did that for whatever issue they personally felt strongly about.

    First, we have to acknowledge that the Republicans ARE NOT doing that. So they’re vote count doesn’t change and they win

    Second, people will disagree on the same issue. You can’t capture everyone on every issue. Refer to the first point, Republicans win.

    Third, there will be huge factions each with their own issue. A candidate cannot sway all these single issues groups. See the first point, Republicans win.

    What first past the post representative democracy means is to vote for the viable politician that MOST ALIGNS with your political position. Not the one that EXACTLY aligns. If you build the third parties at the local and representative and Senate level. Maybe you can get there, but for now, this is the political system we have to work in.







  • Voting doesn’t mean you support them.

    You aren’t giving them money, you aren’t campaigning for them. You are saying that between these two, admittedly fucked up, parties this is the one you think that will be better.

    So for the presidential election, vote to reduce harm - not to increase it.

    If you want to do better, support, fund, campaign for third parties down line. Local elections and build the momentum until they become a viable presidential candidate. Work to reform the electoral system that can dismantle the two party system.

    But don’t think voting for Harris is de facto supporting the Democratic party.



  • The problem, as I see it, is that there is literally no chance for a third party to win the presidency.

    Which means that I have three options:

    • Vote Trump. Someone who has called for more violence.
    • Vote Harris. Whether I’m happy with her or the Democratic party or not. Try and mitigate as much killing and harm as I am able to. Actively try to prevent things from getting worse.
    • Vote third party/Don’t vote. Either Trump or Harris will win, and I can claim my conscious is clear. If Trump wins, I will have not done what little I could have to lessen the evil. I have to be okay with someone who is far worse getting into power

    We can’t solve the genocide by voting third party. All we can do, all that the little power granted to us can do, is try and prevent it from getting worse. So if you want to prevent as much killing as you actually can, if you want to give the most people the opportunity to live, then morally as I see it, you need to vote Harris.

    Is she perfect? No. Hell no, man. But she is the candidate that with this genocide happening, and it is happening regardless of who is getting in, who will give the most Palestinians a chance to live. A third party candidate isn’t making it to the White house so a third party candidate can NOT lessen the harm.