• @someguy3
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    12 months ago

    This is the point where I point to the original post.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      2 months ago

      The original post is very Pollyanna and ignores systemic and demographic problems that will never allow that level of domination.

      I’ve been voting for 25 years and these things haven’t happened, and I don’t think they will ever happen.

      • @someguy3
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        12 months ago

        It’s a tad simplistic but it’s on point because the left never shows up or votes 3rd party. If they showed up, it would be a big change.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          12 months ago

          I think the reason the left never shows up is because they don’t exist in the numbers Internet wonks think they do.

          • @someguy3
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            12 months ago

            Maybe, maybe not. But 3rd party instead of Gore cost him the election. I think the protest non voters cost Hillary the election. And in any case the target for discussion here is all these Lemmy users that don’t vote in protest.

            • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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              12 months ago

              People who don’t vote in protest are an example of how idiotic Americans are, and why I think the post is fallacious.

              • @someguy3
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                12 months ago

                That’s not a fallacy.

                • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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                  2 months ago

                  Oversimplification is a fallacy. “Just get everyone to vote” ignores a lot of other problems. Like the intelligence of the general public.

                  • @someguy3
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                    12 months ago

                    That’s still not a fallacy.