I didn't make any decision at all, since I don't vote in US elections. But yeah, this is the trolley problem, and most people agree doing nothing to switch the track to the fewer people being affected is the worse option.

If you can point to an area where Kamala and the Democrats could be viewed as overall worse than Trump in a leftist's point of view, by all means, do tell.

If not, you're saying standing there and not switching the lever makes you righteous.

Which, in my opinion, is a stupid take.

Calling someon a Nazi for advocating pulling the lever, is an even more stupid take. You're high on your own righteousness.

Yikes, I hope the weather is good there up on your moral high horse, where everyone who is a realist is a Nazi, where you prefer to do nothing over voting against a clearly worse candidate.

Calling Republican and Democratic policies the exact same is delusion.

I do not like or support the Democrats. They are supporting genocide in the middle east. No doubt about that.

I just think people, such as yourself, are deluded if you think not voting against Trump is somehow a logical decision, and makes you smart or morally superior. I hold those who had the chance to act to prevent Trump getting into power responsible for whatever more fucked up shit he does compared to the Democrats.

Again, luckily in my country, I don't need to tactically vote, but the people in the US do.

If they don't, they get Trump.

The actual Nazis are the ones who scapegoat groups of people as the cause of economic woes, crack down on "different" people, punish their political enemies, and make it even harder to vote them out. You can bet you ass that's going to become more now under this next administration.

I will edit this comment later because I'm about to hop on my bike. Please recall you called me a fascist first, and in my opinion, very unreasonably.

On the bright side the democrats lost

This is why I'm saying you're happy Trump won. This is functionally the same, because of first past the post voting system.

So, I will get back to your strange comments calling me a fascist because I dare be sad the democrats lost over Trump (if you're not, yeah, as a leftist, that's weird. When the choice is pretty right, and far right. There's only one logical choice).

I live in Australia, where at least I have preferential voting (unfortunately single member electorates, which trends towards two parties), but if you live in the US, there was only one rational choice as a leftist, and it was the bloody democrats.

Just have to get home from work, so hang tight.

Firstly, I'm not in the US. Secondly, while I think the democrats are right-wing dipshits who's climate action is way too little, it is at least barely something.

Trump is actively against any climate action whatsoever.

The democrats (the people in control, not lovely people like Bernie Sanders), have enabled Israel. But they can be somewhat, barely, reasoned with.

Trump is actively wants Palestinians dead.

This choice was 100% a case of lesser of two evils, and the US chose the greater.

You calling me a fascist is bizarre when you are happy Trump won over Kamala. (Again, not from the US, and I think everything there is super, duper right wing from my point of view)

I feel justified in commenting, because the US holds so much power over the rest of the world.

I'll be honest, I'm not super familiar on the timeline.

I'm not looking forward to the future though, even less so than before :/

Oh well, we persevere

I wonder when we're gonna get the Reichstag fire

If you live in the US, and are left leaning (by international, no US standards) then I'm really not sure how this logic tracks.

You're happy the racist got elected? The one who said Israel must “finish the problem”.

Yeah, what a win for Palestine 👍

And what a win for the world on climate. Woooowee

This is definitely not the mood for me haha

This may be misremembering, but I thought I once heard of some people in Taiwan (a small, but vocal, number) liked Trump because of his "China Bad" rhetoric.

It's not quite as spicy from my side of the world (Australia), but I really do not like the idea of our closest military ally being controlled by a fascist.

Just seems like risky business, ya know?

Sorry to hear friend, take care of yourself

I will be shocked if the cost of living comes down at a notable rate when compared to other developed countries.

Conservatives have never been better at managing the economy, yet people believe they are, for some reason ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Whoops :(