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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire
I don't know that a party whose main campaigning is "at least we're not them" is the greatest thing at this point. It's pretty clear that a wide portion of the US supports a variety of progressive issues, one that (even if the Democrats do win the election) they'll umm and ahh on and in the end offer token support (like the BLM message from Warren that you were all thrilled on - couldn't she have just said it?).
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Hey, not to be patronizing, but… well, I’m probably going to sound patronizing so here goes:
Change doesn’t happen instantly without actual revolution. You have to participate in making the decisions that will tactically lead to progress in the future. Don’t actively aid fascists by not participating or voting for a third party. Vote for the person who is more likely to make progressive decisions (that’s Biden, by the way). That’s the only option without a concerted overhaul of the system.
Biden isn’t perfect, he’s not my choice candidate, but for fuck’s sake, this isn’t the time to take a symbolic stance.
You have two options: vote Democrat or help Trump.
I know kids want “communism” and so on, but that’s not how things work. You want progressive policy? One candidate has a progressive platform and will appoint a progressive cabinet (Biden), but has the unfortunate duty of having to appeal to as many people as possible because people keep coming up with reasons to not vote because Democrats aren’t hardcore enough or whatever.
Just please, focus on what’s important, which is removing the worst president — possibly ever — from office so he can stop, y’know, denying science, spouting thinly veiled racist rhetoric, running the country like a mob boss, quoting famous white supremacists and doing whatever the fuck he wants.
Oh and because he has 169,000 American deaths on his hands and is openly trying to suppress people’s ability to vote, so… yeah.
It’s not hard.