@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie so I'm saying that if these are your main priorities, you're better off voting for harm reduction and trying to reach a solution another way, since you're not gonna stop the genocide or change the voting system by just wasting your vote and complaining
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie I'm referring to the people that only vote third party because of iran/palestine and/or believe the voting system is corrupt. while these are real and important problems, you're not gonna solve them by voting for a party that has no chance at winning
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie well the problem with americans is that the only thing they do is vote, which doesn't surprise me since they are notoriously bad at protesting and realising that their politics heavily affect the rest of the world
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie that's where you're wrong cause you can pick the lesser of two evils and still protest for general change + the betterment of both the side you chose and the voting system
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie first of all I'm not an american.
second of all you are not gonna get people to magically vote third party overnight without first somewhat safekeeping the rights of minorities (aka keeping republicans out of office)
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie I agree but you can push for change in the voting system WHILE ALSO understanding that voting for third party without doing anything else isn't gonna accomplish anything
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie I personally don't ridicule them, I just think they don't understand that you can cast a vote for harm reduction AND stand for something meaningful that you advocate for and push for that is somewhat different from what you voted for
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie you're not gonna get a third party win out of the blue without first voting for harm reduction AND pushing for change. you can't pretend to be "the good guy" for voting something useless and ignoring all of the people it's going to put in dangerous situations
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie because the odds dictate what's more realistic. instead of voting for someone that YOU KNOW FOR A FACT is not gonna win, you could vote for someone that doesn't necessarily share all of your views, but is definitely better than the opposition and has a much higher chance to win
@goyardbagz@nightkilling67@zontrics@PunishedCommie in a major election you shouldn't care about "conforming". voting purely based on what makes you feel like "a better person" is selfish and performative asf. the priority should be voting what's better for the whole country and it's people while being realistic about it's odds