• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    You can tactically vote for Biden to avoid Trump and still take actions to dismantle the system.

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      6 months ago

      So the woman in our scenario should decide to choose the “Nice Guy” tactically?

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          6 months ago

          I don’t think it does. A choice fostered upon me at the threat of violence is not a choice at all. I refuse to participate and therefore legitimize such a farce.

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            6 months ago

            You’re free to do nothing, but smart people choose to minimize harm when there are only bad choices in front of them.

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              6 months ago

              Who said I’m “doing nothing”? Voting isn’t doing anything. Only actions outside the ballot matter.

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            Non-participation is not the same as doing nothing. If she chooses to date neither, neither is in her life. If you do nothing, you still get trump or Biden. The analogy doesn’t hold.

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                  6 months ago

                  My point to this kind of comment is made in that post. We’re just looping at this point.

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                    If the comment was sufficient we wouldn’t be here. It’s a bad analogy. Accept that it has flaws or make your case. Don’t keep pointing to the same insufficient comments as if the only answer is our lack of comprehension. Several people clearly disagree with it on the same grounds so maybe consider you’re wrong.

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      6 months ago

      Or you could maybe take actions to fix the system. Because whatever you lot come up with after dismantling is going be worse for everybody else.

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        6 months ago

        You can still do both. The only viable path to election reform comes from downballot state elections anyway.

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          You can still do both

          Not sure that I follow what you mean. You can’t fix a system that is being dismantled, so I’m guessing that you mean something else.