Tankies hate this one simple trick
Tankies hate this one simple trick
So you got called out the last time you posted this, didn’t like the answers you were getting, so you deleted the post and decided to start fresh?
Pretty scummy.
You cought me, 30 years of activism all for nothing!
I’m not the right winger here, buddy. You are, by actual definition.
Yeah but not voting or punishment voting doesn’t actually achieve that, when the neoliberal moderates are out then the actively genocidal nationalist fascists are in,
When neoliberals lose elections in fptp, they aren’t the ones who get punished for it, whoever the fascists have most immediately on their shit list get punished for it.
there is too much going on here to even understand what this is trying to say lol.
downvoting and suggesting you try again on [email protected].

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Do you understand how american elections work? That is how reality works in America.
Literally it’s mathematically proven that under FPTP that not supporting one candidate is exactly the same as supporting the other, you might not personally see it that way in opinion, but until electoral reforms are enacted the american electoral system means “either vote biden, or vote trump, all trying to find a third way or not voting achieves is you being a stubborn dumbass sitting on your thumb going “NUH-UH!””
I’m sure you’ll make 2 and 2 equal 5 one day with that determination to ignore how math works
Until FPTP is out, you’re just as responsible for B by not voting for A as someone who voted for B.
To not participate meaningfully is to endorse the outcome least aligned with who you’d have been most able to support. That is literally how the math checks out under FPTP, to pretend it doesn’t is to stick your head in the sand because you’d rather feel valid and right than face the truth that the world doesn’t care if you’re more socialist than that guy who tried to shoot Marx for not being socialist enough, you still share the responsibility for fascist ascendancy if you don’t vote against it happening.
I don’t give two shits if you think your personal support for roundabouts shields you from the consequences of T-boning me at the intersection, I’m still taking you to court for the damages if you’re going to refuse to own up to your mistake and give me your insurance info.
It’s fucking wild how leftists are fully capable of recognizing the absolute idiocy of libertarian talking points until someone raises the contribution of the white left to 2016, and then suddenly they become the most individualist freaks on the planet and even your stated personal beliefs are enough to shield you from being accountable to the results of your actions.
Votes are earned not deserved.
…no. in our pretty bad first past the post system, we shouldn’t vote for a good candidate. We should vote for the best, or least bad one.
Less voter turnout wouldn’t influence the system at all, and even if it did, there are not enough people with your views— your 80% figures— to pull something like that off. Maybe wait.
Because right now, yes both possible candidates won’t stop the major genocide going on, but one would actively do less harm to queer people, women, etc.
Voting is for harm minimization, not endorsement.
On the Canada/Trudeau front, you’re ultimately correct but it’s a bit worse when you examine the details:
Trudeau Liberals put together a committee to examine the options and recommend what would work best as a new electoral system. The Liberals recommended ranked voting: as the Liberals are the default first or second option for nearly everyone, this benefitted them the most. The Conservatives, New Democrats, and most independent actors favoured Mixed-Member Proportional, which is a variant of proportional representation with locally elected Members of Parliament and additional seats in the House of Commons to balance the total number of MPs and votes for each party.
The Liberals put out a poll which used intentionally misleading questions and answers to try to guide responses towards ranked ballots. This effort failed due to a series of information campaigns from just about everyone with an interest in electoral reform, and ultimately the Mixed-Member Proportional system came out as the leading choice.
The Trudeau Liberals deemed the whole process and failure and completely dropped it, refusing to discuss it ever again.