silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoHow can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down131
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkHow can I vote for Kamala Harris if she supports Israel’s war? Here is my answer | Bernie Sanderswww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square224fedilink
minus-squareWhatTrees@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·16 days agoWrong. You are given some amount of control with your vote. You could choose to do something and are instead choosing to do nothing. You are choosing to abrogate your control.
minus-squarehalyk.the.red@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·16 days agoAs voting is not required, I have not abrogated. I am doing something, I am using discretion to withhold support of genocidal candidates.
Wrong. You are given some amount of control with your vote. You could choose to do something and are instead choosing to do nothing. You are choosing to abrogate your control.
As voting is not required, I have not abrogated. I am doing something, I am using discretion to withhold support of genocidal candidates.