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The mental exercise is... what would Biden have to do to get you to vote for the Republican Party? Or even to get you to just not vote at all? I know it's a false equivalency, but it gives you some sense of the lines we all draw in the sand, and the "activation energy" that it takes to change our minds.
He could be as overtly criminal as Donald, taking money from Russia and the Saudis in exchange for top secret documents and lists of CIA agents, and I'd still be voting as long as he doesn't also do an insurrection. FPTP and having all Repubs back a criminal as their preferred leader has really backed me into a corner.
IDK that the mental exercise is helpful in 2024. If the point is to say that they feel the same about Biden, that's because they have been brainwashed by far-right propaganda. The activation energy it takes to sway them is cult deprogramming.
Overtly criminal or overtly fascist?
I could back a criminal if I found the reason to be morally sound. Let's not forget that some crimes, morally speaking, were the right thing to do (think hiding jews during the holocaust as an extreme example, and maybe possession of certain drugs as an example of something morally ambiguous that wouldn't keep me from voting for a good candidate)
Using campaign money to pay hush money? That's just in line with the shit Donny already does; it's dishonest as all hell and definitely not morally sound. He's also clearly a fascist.
Actively supporting a genocide with billions of USD in goods seems like a great reason to not vote for Biden anymore
okay, that's the first half... so since you're going to not vote because of gaza, it stands to reason that it's possible that someone would choose not to vote for Trump if he said he wasn't going to let Israel ethnically-cleanse gaza. It's all about putting yourself in someone else's shoes. Thanks for participating!
I'm not even a US citizen but ok
ah. So the true answer to what would it take for me to not vote for Biden was "nothing." I guess the question for you is, what would it take to get you to cast a valid vote for a US democrat president and why aren't you doing it?
For me yeah. I'm just saying I sympathise with all those who think Biden crossed their "activation energy" line by supporting Israel's genocide for this long.
A good track record. I'd want to vote for Bernie if I could, after hearing the fire in his voice and knowing he means it.
I would say strategic voting for biden at this point to prevent Donny from winning is a fine reason to vote Biden right now.
Let's not forget that their system is broken and unless you vote one of those two parties, your vote doesn't matter, and Donny wants your vote to matter even less. Even just to attempt to uphold political democracy it's worth voting Biden, but that's what he's riding on and that's a fucking shame.
By all means, if the alternative wasn't thrusting the US into fascism, I would absolutely say don't vote for the person supporting genocide, alas that is not the case.