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Unless you're capable of reasoning in which case you'd see that there are only 3 possible outcomes:
vote democrat to reduce the amount of harm done
vote third party and convince literally millions of other people to do so also (very very very unlikely to the point of basically impossibility)
take literally any other action which at worst fully enables Trump and at best remains complicit in him amping up support for slaughtering Palestinians.
Options two and three are the same option in reality. But I know that Extra-Militant-Joffrey is in denial of these facts.
Voting for Democrat doesn't reduce harm it increases harm
Stop repeating the same thing and tell us who we should vote for then. You're worse than a politician.
Why should I blanket tell people who to vote for?
Because you're blanket telling people not to vote and offering zero solutions while your high horse beggs your fat ass for reprieve.
Hey take that back. Extra-Militant-Joffrey has the best horses!
False. On balance Democrats improve conditions, which is especially obvious when compared with Republicans.
Are you a liar or a moron?
Yes.
But in all seriousness, Linkerbaan is an obvious bad faith actor. They're actually campaigning for Trump by trying to get people to not vote for Biden.
Maybe I should go into right-wing spaces and start encouraging people to vote Libertarian.
It might not even be that hard. Look how easily they're manipulated by Trump.
Great idea
Let's just say for a moment you're right and Democrats increase harm. Sure, they take Korporate Kampaign Kash (the other KKK), and are always about the donor class, and we can sure hit them on this. They're feckless, always finding reasons we couldn't POSSIBLY do Left-Wing priorities, and yeah, I'm pissed about how many times Manchin Lucy-Yanked the football on us this last term. They'd rather please the donor class than us, because, well, frankly, I can't pay for an all-expenses paid junket to exotic places with exotic food and exotic people quite the same way as Mr. Gates and Mr. Dimon and Mr. Bezos and Mr. Musk can. It pisses me off that I have to sit so far back on the table while all the big names get to wine and dine President Biden and the Democratic Party, while I get a few scraps from the table.
We'll ignore the fact that the scraps I have gotten have finally made it so I can quit schooling and realistically pay my Student Loans now that it's capped to 5% of your disposable income, and that I only have to pay that for 10 years rather than 25 or more because of PSLF. We'll ignore the fact that I got quick and free access to a vaccine that ended COVID as a threat to me, and that I am able to work from home because my (Democratic) governor said 'we're out of the business of commercial real-estate. Everyone, your home is your office now.' Between the vaccine and the not having to crowd on public transit with people who are frankly nasty, I haven't gotten sick more often than once a year. But hey, the Dems increase harm according to you, so let's go with that. Why trust my lying eyes eh?
OK. The Democrats are the equivalent of slow-driving a car towards a cliff. The Republicans? They have a plan for what they want to do. What does it include?
So, when I say the Democrats are slow-driving the car towards the cliff, if you let the Republicans behind the wheel, they're gonna stomp on the gas as hard as they can, and they're gonna rocket that sucker off the edge.
It may suck to you having to make this choice, but it's what America offers. There are no other options in the USA thanks to our antiquated system of electing representatives. Pick the slow choice, or the fast choice will rocket you and everyone else off right...fucking...now.
PS: in case it's not clear, I disagree with the heart of your argument, but for the sake of pointing out that even under your own assumptions, it's better to vote D than R, I entertained it long enough to explain why you're a fucking moron for pushing not to vote for Dems.