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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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I think it depends a lot on who wins the election.

I believe there might not actually be a winner. The race could be so close both sides will dispute it, and turn to violence because they feel the election was stolen from them.

We see signs of this now -- younger voters are turning away from Biden because of Palestine, and Trump is leading in several key swing states but only by an ass-hair.

So I cast doubt on the people who think this'll be one-sided against Trump supporters. Also they themselves have tanks, it's legal to own them. But people conveniently forget that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Thus the 'whoever controls the military' qualification. I like to think that the folks charged with defending the nation would hold for the established order, but it's also a collective of individuals that could go warlord and throw in with a new revolutionary force.

[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

fuck the 2 party system pick libertarian

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I'm not sure if it's even possible for a third party to win an election with the way the electoral system is set up.

[โ€“] Deuces 1 points 10 months ago

I actually don't have anything against the concept of voting third party. But only if one of those parties will put up somebody that isn't fucking crazy. If the libertarians put up someone like Jo Jorgenson again, why would anyone vote for them?