• blazera@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      whichever side we support stands a chance of winning. They aint gonna compete in a game of skill in November, they’re gonna ask us who wins and we decide.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Yes, “we”, consisting of statistically significant factions of the voting population. Campaigns take time and money, neither of which any candidates besides the two front-runners have enough of to be competitive. They’re not gonna ask you who wins, you don’t decide. I don’t see 70 million Americans shifting to anyone else at this stage.

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          7 months ago

          you’ve got a paradox going where me supporting a better candidate is pointless because my vote is worth nothing and I cant change anything.

          but also that I have to support your candidate because my vote matters if its for them.

          my vote matters and I’m giving it to a better candidate.

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            7 months ago

            Don’t forget that it’s not ok to vote for your candidate because they don’t already have enough support, therefore there’s no way to ever reach the threshold where it’ll be ok to vote for them.

            It’s only ok to vote for the neolibs that the billionaires approve after a promise that nothing’s really going to change.

            Even in a state that’s so blue the Dems have no chance of losing, voting for or writing in someone left of the incumbent will still be deemed a vote for the red team.