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[-] frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Wait, what, you didn't vote? GAAHH! Yeah not important at all.

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

A non citizen CAN’T VOTE!

I voted third party. Cry about it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

That's what I always choose.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Idk what's worse: not voting and making your voice useless out of apathy or laziness, or voting third party and making sure your voice means nothing on purpose.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

The whole point of a democracy is people speak their minds, is it not?

If you vote third party, your vote is an extension of your true self. If you vote for a potential winner just out of the likeliness they'll win, is that really "you"?

Same logic if you don't vote. In Australia, voting is a requirement for all citizens, and it's disastrous because you end up with people who just don't care filling up some random candidate's score, so the outcome doesn't reflect what people actually want.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

If you vote third party, your vote is an extension of your true self.

Your true self is a waste of time.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

By that logic, everything is a waste of time if more people are spending it some other way.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Voting third party in the american system is a waste of time. If voting third party is your true self, then your true self is a waste of time.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Is it not better, by definition, than spending time dishonestly?

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

I don't consider having an impact, even if it's not exactly the one you'd like to have, to be worse than pissing away your vote.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

A vote spent dishonestly is what I'd call a pissed away vote.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Enjoy having your voice literally not matter. Definitely worth it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

You say that as if voting for the lesser of two evils is by definition worth it.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Enjoy your bigger evil just because you needed to feel morally superior. Definitely worth it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

That would've happened anyways.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Maybe, but at least you'd have been able to say you were not part of the problem.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Sounds like you're saying "anyone who isn't with me is against me."

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

Anyone who doesn't fight fascism is a fascist, yes.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago

How did you vote third party if you can't vote?

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Reading comprehension is hard. I’m a US citizen, the original comment I replied to is that of an immigrant who can’t legally vote.

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