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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee -2 points 2 weeks ago

It's day four of Trump being in office and I've already been ghosted by dozens of people for the crime of not voting. Because, you know, immigrants who can't vote are expected to vote too.

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trump isn’t in office until he’s sworn in mid January.

Also simultaneously LOL and I’m really sorry. Those people are not only stupid but not your friends.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well they're certainly not now.

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry, that’s really hard. I went through a bad friend break up recently that had nothing to do with politics and it sucks ass.

[-] frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

A non citizen CAN’T VOTE!

I voted third party. Cry about it.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's what I always choose.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

That would've happened anyways.

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] inv3r510n@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks 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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