• @pyre
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    311 hours ago

    you’re only kidding yourself. the election doesn’t give you points for process. it only gives you outcomes. and as things are right now in the US, there are two. you either contribute to outcome 1 or outcome 2. there is no other kind of action.

    • @[email protected]B
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      17 hours ago

      Can you explain why a vote for 3rd party is a vote for Trump, and not a vote for Harris? What makes it FOR Trump, and AGAINST Harris? Why isn’t it for Harris and against Trump?

      • Rhaedas
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        110 hours ago

        Absolutely change the system. It’s been a problem for a long time. However the current system is what we have for this election, so unless you know a magic way to use a different voting system for this election and not FPTP then there really are only two choices. If they both suck to you, then pick the one that has potential for change from public pressure, and by all means vote in more progressive choices if possible for the lower representation because that’s where the real change can happen.

        It would be great if the anti-FPTP rallying would last past the election. People seem to get so overwhelmed by the voting propaganda that once they cast their vote they want to forget about it for four years, and that’s why we keep having these same discussions every time when it’s too late to fix the problem.

      • @pyre
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        010 hours ago

        call me when you do that. hurry though, unless you do it in less than a month we’re back at outcome 1 vs outcome 2 and literally nothing else.

        • ceoofanarchism
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          19 hours ago

          Or you can advocate and prop up neither outcome “1” or “2” and work towards “3” while keeping in mind both history and the unity of actions and goals.

          • @pyre
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            18 hours ago

            work fast. if you can’t do it in less than a month, you’re contributing to one of the two.