• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      >never votes because he doesn’t think his vote matters

      >awful politician gets elected because he didn’t vote

      See guys? Voting doesn’t work!

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        We have Trump because of Democrats, specifically Hillary Clinton and her pied Piper strategy.

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          So, it had nothing at all to do with the three million people single issue third party voting and the almost ninety million people not voting at all?

          See, you are offering an opinion on why. I’m offering facts on why. Big difference.

          Either you all have to admit that your single issue protest vote was VERY effective in sending a message that you won’t support someone that you don’t like- thus, helping trump get elected, or….

          You have to admit that your protest vote failed miserably, and your message fell flat without ever being noticed and your third party vote was wasted- thus not helping to pad the numbers of the only person that could have kept him from being elected.

          Which will it be?

          Because we all heard all of the threats from the third party protest voters prior to the election. You all were going to send a clear message… so tell me- do you believe it was it heard, or not?

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        As a Canadian, I honestly believe your election was rigged and has been since 2000.

        Corporations own your country, it’s very obvious. The only way you can influence your government at this point is collective action which will never happen cause you have iPhones to use to get your anger out.

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        In swing states, yes. But for the majority of americans not in a swing state, their gripes are at least somewhat valid thanks to gerrymandering.

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          Gerrymandering has been a huge problem for a while, what makes you think this time it played a pivotal role in Trump’s victory? If that was the case, he would have won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, but he won the popular vote, first Rep pres to do so in 20 years apparently. It helped secure past Rep presidencies, but doesn’t to have done so this time around.

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          Harris: 75,012,178 votes
          Trump: 77,302,416 votes
          Source

          3 million people voted third party, nearly 90 million people didn’t vote at all- and you blame democrats….
          Source

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            Yes. Democrats alienating the people whose votes they need to win is absolutely a democrat problem.

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            If it wasn’t for Hillary’s pied Piper strategy, Trump never would have been elevated with billions of dollars in free media to become president. If it wasn’t for Kamala Harris embracing right-wing politics and every policy of bidens that the public opposed, we wouldn’t have Trump right now. Democrats are toxic poison and are their own worst enemy

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          Lack of resistance is why Trump won. Democrats are part of that, but the blame hardly lies on them alone.

          Votes do matter, they’re just not enough on their own.

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            It’s hard to claim lack of resistance when the entire party was shifting to the hard right trying to attract that hard right vote. They cozied up to war criminals, cops zionists and the right wing while blowing right-wing dog whistles there was no resistance

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          When the options are “capitalist party that will kill more people” and “capitalist party that will kill fewer people,” the answer is obvious

          You could not vote, or you could vote third party, but when 97% of the country agrees that one of these two capitalists is gonna win, you have to try and make sure that the less evil one does

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            You sold your soul to vote for a genocide and you didn’t even win. You are not less evil. Doesn’t matter who you’re comparing yourself to.

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            How’s that incrementalism working out for you? Your party implied that small baby steps would march to the left, your party is barely to the left of trump. You were advocating and pushing for your own country’s shift to the right and further and deeper into fascist authoritarianism. Your party has shifted from people that are building houses for the homeless around the world to embracing cops and zionists on their party stage while blowing Republican dog whistles. Hoping to get the Republican vote while welcoming war criminals with open arms into the party

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              First: not my party

              Second, how’s your apathy/voting for a third party in a system where that literally hurts your own goals working for you?

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                Don’t confuse refusing to vote for a party that does not represent the working class as apathy. That’s like telling a Democrat they’re apathetic because they won’t vote for a Republican