• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    2 days 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 days 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 days 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 days 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 days ago

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

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                2 days ago

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