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[–] suction -1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’d agree but when the other candidate is Trump the excitement should be at max level for you, or I’ll have to think you have a secret agenda.

[–] problematicPanther 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

people have short attention spans. and the media circus isn't helping Biden's cause. I'll hold my nose this time and vote biden, just like i did with hillary, but not everyone will do that. a lot of people are going to skip voting, and you shouldn't blame them, you should blame the democratic party for not putting forward the best candidate for the job.

[–] suction -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

People are dumb, people are uneducated, people have short attention spans, people are undecided, but people also don't know if they should vote in the face of a realistic takeover of the US by a fascist movement scenario. Maybe it's time we take away democracy from people who are actively disengaging from it. Once Trump is president again, it will be too late. End him and everybody who follows him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

People are dumb, people are uneducated, people have short attention spans, people are undecided, but people also don’t know if they should vote in the face of a realistic takeover of the US by a fascist movement scenario. Maybe it’s time we take away democracy from people who are actively disengaging from it. Once Trump is president again, it will be too late. End him and everybody who follows him.

The quiet part is a bit loud in this one my blue conservative "ally".

[–] problematicPanther 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

are you saying that the solution to people not being excited about voting for biden is to disenfranchise large swaths of voters?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

If that were true, why didn't it end with Sarah Palin? Michelle Bachman? Newt? Boehner ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Its not secret. I want to dissolve the two party system and force the legacy political parties to compete in a free market of ideas. If they arent competitive because their muscles have weakened from long use of First Past The Post voting as a crutch... that's on them.

[–] suction 0 points 4 months ago

Ok either do that before this years election, or just shut up and do your duty

[–] Ensign_Crab -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You mocked opposition to genocide elsewhere in this thread.