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As the title states I am confused on this matter. The way I see it, the USA has a two party system and in the next few weeks they’re either going to have Trump or Harris as president, come inauguration day. With this in mind doesn’t it make sense to vote for the person least likely to escalate the situation even more.

Giving your vote to an independent or worse not voting at all, just gives more of a chance for Trump to win the election and then who knows what crazy stuff he will allow, or encourage, Israel to get away with.

I really don’t get the logic. As sure nobody wants to vote for a party allowing these heinous crimes to be committed, but given you’re getting one of them shouldn’t you be voting for the one that will be the least horrible of the two.

Please don’t come at me with pro-Israeli rhetoric as this isn’t the post for that, I’m asking about why people would make such choices and I’m not up for debate on the Middle East, on this post, you can DM me for that.

Edit: Bedtime here now so will respond to incoming comments in the morning, love starting the day with an inbox full 😊.

Edit 2: This blew up, it’s a little overwhelming right now but I do intent on replying to everybody that took the time to comment. Just need to get in the right headspace.

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[–] mindbleach 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Some people think the trolley problem is just a funny template.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Obama dropped an average of 60 bombs every day on the middle east and north africa during his presidency.

The US isn't a democracy, and it's elections are nothing but theatre. I recommend asking about this on lemmygrad or hexbear also.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Lots of people foolishly think political parties can learn lessons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

European here, stuck in the middle of all this.

Please vote Harris.

The winner of this ellection will be the president of all americans, not just of its supporters.

an election is just a nudge in one direction. real change takes many electoral cycles or a revolution.

If you want to do a revolution please do that on your own time or think long term electoral strategy.

Dont be stupid, be usefull. Even if it hurts.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Because they're stupid enough to think a Trump presidency will be better for their cause somehow. Or they're delusional enough to think that a 3rd party candidate will be anything but a spoiler, like they were in 2016. Seriously, protest votes after the DNC forced out Bernie were likely what led to Trump getting in. So while it's the DNC and Hillary's fault, the feet on the ground were the idiots.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

after the DNC forced out Bernie

Keep doing what the Dems are telling you to do, its working out great.

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