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US election 2024: Greta Thunberg refuses to endorse either candidate in damning post (www.indy100.com)

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Thunberg added that “no matter” which one of them wins, America “will still be an imperialist, hyper-capitalist world power that will ultimately continue to lead the world further into a racist, unequal world with an ever increasingly escalating climate and environmental emergency”.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think a lot of the political issues in the US and similar countries stem from misunderstanding elections as a type of message-sending, rather than collective decision-making.

But endorsements, protests, and poll responses are genuinely types of message-sending, and there's nothing inconsistent about protesting or denouncing a candidate while still voting for them in an election in which the outcome is contingent on the presence of other candidates and other voters. So the fault—if any—lies not with Thunberg, but with voters who misapply her message as a voting strategy.