A vote for a third party this year is a vote for fascism.
A vote to punish Harris even though you know Trump is vastly worse is a vote for fascism.
Not voting is a vote for fascism.
This is the starkest choice in decades: democracy or fascism.
It truly is that simple.
@dangillmor wait... so THIS is the most important election ever? Man! I got lied to last election, and the one before that, and a few before that when I was told THOSE were the most important elections ever.
Something something about boys crying wolf to many times.
I'm voting for Cornell West. If you don't want tre45on to win, everyone should join me.
@Jon_Kramer so completely oblivious to the fact voting for a third party is as good as not voting at all, and people not voting is how democracy dies.
the reason project 2025 is called that is because it's only now that the American alt-right has come up with a coherent plan to quickly turn the United States into the United Toilet, and if you're into having your head shoved into a toilet by a Hitler admirer i think you should keep it to yourself.
@soop so, you support the genocide in Gaza? You would vote for someone pledged to fund that?
And you question my tastes in the bedroom??
@soop agreed.
It is obvious I should not support fucking genocide.
Unless, of course, like most Americans, you live in a "safe state."
american leftists are all about organising for collective action until comes the time to vote.
then it's a difficult personal choice.
because the candidate that is a bajillion times better than the fascist candidate isn't my platonic ideal of perfect.
individuals aren't responsible for the ravages of capitalism when they buy a thing.
but everyone who votes for the imperfect candidate is directly responsible for the bad things they do.
but everyone who votes for the perfect candidate and indirectly causes the fascist to win is not responsible for the outcome.
i'm not a hypocrite. i'm a principled leftist.
organising for electoral reform, or organising to influence the imperfect candidate to be better, that's too liberal and unsexy.
revolution or death.
(but i refuse to organise any change outside my personal actions and my toots on an irrelevant social media, so it's death.)
Unless, of course, like most Americans, you live in a "safe state."
@Jon_Kramer @dangillmor
EVERY election is the most important election ever. Until the next election.
Freedom and democracy are not granted, they come from the struggle and suffering of those who gained them before and they must be preserved and protected. Every day, every election. Even if they are not perfect. Because you can't improve them if you loose them.
Indistinguishable from a Russian troll.
@mathew @dangillmor Which of those is the hottest year of our lifetimes? Did anyone tell you that 2022 was going to be the hottest year of your life?
Climate scientists presented facts.
@mathew @dangillmor Are you joking? I have been told that thousands of times.
Google this: most important election of our lives
Vote as if you life and future depends on it, because it does…
@dangillmor
Just becuase Trump is a fascist doesn't mean the alternative choice is democracy.
What kind of democracy only gives you the choice between two candidates that don't have any of your interests in mind? It's not a democracy if you can't vote for the candidate you actually want.
Harriss may be less horrible than Trump but you don't have to spread the lie that voting for her is somehow democracy.
@jik @dangillmor Harris isn't going to do shit to "fight climate change", you're absolutely deluding yourself if you think she is.
Also again I didn't say don't vote for her even specifically said she was the better choice. I'm just saying that having to vote for the less bad candidate is not democracy
The latest lesser evil choice is fundamentally evil
Yes, that's why it's called "lesser evil" and not "kind of okay-ish" or "good".
You ignore the mass murdering genocide that Biden/Harris enable and empower.
No, but the alternative is more and harder mass-murdering genocide. Because Trump likes what Netanyahu is doing, he just thinks Netanyahu needs to stop holding back:
Trump criticized Biden and Harris' months-long calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
"From the start, Harris has worked to tie Israel's hand behind its back, demanding an immediate ceasefire, always demanding ceasefire," Trump said, adding it "would only give Hamas time to regroup and launch a new October 7 style attack."
Trump added: "I will give Israel the support that it needs to win but I do want them to win fast."
In the same event, Trump also labelled pro-Palestinian supporters calling for an end to U.S. support for Israel's war as "pro-Hamas thugs" and "jihad sympathizers." He threatened to arrest and deport them from the U.S. if he became president.
Unless, of course, like most Americans, you live in a "safe state."
Can you simply answer why if the choice is so simple, perhaps a third or more of eligible voters simply won't vote then?
8 DAYS LEFT TO GET OUT THE BLUE VOTE TO SAVE AMERICA.
Are you involved?
There’s still time to work the vote!
go.kamalaharris.com
indivisible.org
events.democrats.org
@dangillmor if Kamala want votes maybe she should stop supporting genocide.
A "democracy" in which both main candidates are pro-genocide (literal fucking GENOCIDE!) is not worth saving and sure as hell doesn't deserve a vote.
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