Brian JopekFeb 4
Most definitely.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 4

@BrianJopek

by the way, these checks and balances do not just apply to the supreme court and congress

it applies to *you*

FUCKING #VOTE, PEOPLE

the next dem candidate may SUCK. fucking SUCK

(they won't suck IF YOU SHOW UP IN THE FUCKING PRIMARIES, USELESS WHINERS)

as if the dem candidate sucking fucking matters with a fascist threat like trump and MAGA

a vote is not a statement of eternal love

it's tactics in a larger war

fight the war and fuck your mindless cynicism and toxic idealism

Show threadTekniquelly correctFeb 4

@benroyce @BrianJopek “But Candidate X isn’t flawless! I might as well just vote for the tyrant!”

I do appreciate when people say that out loud so I know whose opinions I can ignore from that moment on.

Show threadCyFeb 4
What if they're both tyrants?

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Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 4

@cy @BrianJopek @tek

both tyrants as in reality

or "both tyrants" as in edgelord mindlessly cynical bullshit, often pumped from MAGA/ geopolitical trollfarm accounts cosplaying left to do an easy psyop to suppress the left vote and help elect the real tyrant, and unfortunately believed by toxic idealism morons

Show threadCyFeb 5
As in reality. Here, I'll answer my own question.

If they're both tyrants, who will continue the same tyranny, then your electoral process has already been compromised by tyrants, who are pretending to be different sides to mislead you into voting for them. In that scenario, no vote you make will stop your election from being rigged, so you're an idiot if you think voting third party, abstaining from voting, or voting for the Devil Himself would make anything different happen.

So vote for Harris, but it'll only prolong the tyranny unless you do something besides vote, to stop the propaganda, ballot stuffing, and voter disenfranchisement. And redistribute the wealth so no one has the power to rig your elections.

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@cy @BrianJopek

I vehemently disagree. If we could all collectively decide to opt-out, then sure. But we can't. We won't. The right will absolutely, positively, never agree to abstain from elections. Ergo, the left abstaining is mathematically identical to voting for the right.

Voting for the lesser evil sucks. Not voting for the lesser evil is implicitly voting for the greater evil.

Sometimes the lesser evil is genuinely, truly... Less Evil.

Feb 5 at 1:02amWeb
Show threadCyFeb 6
I didn't say to abstain from elections. Just do something else too. "The right" will always vote, and they will always win, because your elections are rigged. Didn't you see the crowds that turned out for freaking Kamala Harris? And who did your billionaire master tell you was the winner, via "the news?"

Maybe try fixing that.