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Trying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be. (self.showerthoughts)

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[+] [email protected] -16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

we had trump, and world did not end
we had biden, and we did not get saved
American quality of life has been progressively eroded since 2000s by a large margin as result of voting for the 2 parties.

How is voting for 2 parties going to get me out of this trajectory?

also... "empathy" is that what Biden administration use when they supply Israel with tools of genocide? this is not a serious argument...

[–] mholiv 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We had Trump and the world did not end for you. If you live in the USA that makes you one of the privileged. I know many whose world did end. Good for you that you were not affected. But have empathy for those who where.

We had Biden and much harm reduction was done. The downward slope was lessened. Imagine if Trump got a 4th Supreme Court justice! Imagine if Biden was not there to undo the explicitly harmful policies that hurt less privileged people. Biden winning increased in a notable and serious way those who are the least privileged.

It may be true that the American quality of life has gone down. But voting 3rd party only makes it go down faster. If you just don’t care go for it. But the mathematics of FPTP systems mean that voting 3rd party only hurts your interests.

Biden did not act with empathy when he gave supplies to Israel. But Trump will act with glee and encouragement when he would give supplies to Israel.

I encourage everyone to vote with empathy and think of the least privileged when voting everywhere.