• onoira [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 hours ago

      abstaining or voting third party in any general election is a vote for the republican candidate.

      oh i was told by one of your ‘republicans’ that it’s actually a vote for ‘democrat’.

      three votes for the price of one? third-parties sound pretty powerful.

      fake ass electoral system.

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      12 hours ago

      No, that’s not how first past the post works. Voting third party is a vote for third party, not for the GOP nor DNC, as neither represents me. You’re assuming my vote would be for the DNC by default for your math, but that’s not correct, I condemn both the GOP and DNC. That’s the reality, and it doesn’t matter what fuzzy logic you use to justify what you believe.

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          11 hours ago

          I understand the spoiler effect, but since neither party represents me in any capacity, there’s nothing to spoil. PSL represents me. I also understand that it’s impossible for a working class party to win, currently, so I actually organize politically in real life, year-round, not just voting once in a while and talking online. MAGA took power because the US Empire is declining, and the DNC is incapable of representing the working classes, so there has been a rightward shift.

          Even if every single third-party voter voted Harris in every state, she still would have lost. Nothing you claimed is true in any capacity.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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              9 hours ago

              Do you have any evidence whatsoever that I’m either Russian or a bot? I’m a Statesian communist, accusing me of being a spooky scary foreigner and dehumanizing me for disagreeing with you is low.

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                  9 hours ago

                  Can you elaborate? Is being a communist “Russian state propaganda?” I don’t think I’ve ever even linked RT to make a point. Do you have any evidence of this, or is this just an accusation you hurl when confronted by someone to your left?