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Stay Mad, Tankies (lemmy.world)
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[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

Considering that Biden's main competitor is an actual neonazi and the USA have an undemocratic election system that disadvantages all but two parties, there's pretty much no choice but the senile grandpa who's not a neonazi.

[-] olutukko@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

yeah like people keep saying that there is need for someone better than biden, but at the moment he's the only option thst is valid. it's about damage control not about making everything utopia.

they complain that biden is not good enough, while completely ignoring that trump is literal neonazi. how in the fuck it is even question wheter you should vote for trump or biden because the fact is that either of them is going to the office. not some third candinate who would be actually good

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago

Biden loses

OP blames the 5 tankies actually living in the USA for voting 3rd party

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

I was planning to blame Russian Internet robots

[-] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Or you could except that the D party sometimes runs shit tir candidates.

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[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 34 points 6 days ago

Man I love love love not being from the US.

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[-] archomrade@midwest.social 35 points 6 days ago
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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

Íf he wore a clown suit and only spoke Pig-Latin during the debate.... considering the alternative

He would STILL be the only viable candidate worth voting for

[-] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 27 points 6 days ago

In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.

-Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and political theorist, in fuckin 1964 lmao. some things never change!

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[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago

Well when the only other vote is fascism, hate, and bullying... Yeah we're gonna vote for the not ridiculous choice.

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Still voting Biden, but this feels an awful lot like many past elections where people are holding their nose and voting for a candidate they don’t necessarily like just because they really don’t like the other candidate: Bush v Gore, Bush v Kerry, Clinton v Trump. Those elections never seem to turn out good.

[-] squozenode@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

That's exactly what this is.

Give me a viable other option, please! Biden is soggy, cold oatmeal from 4 days ago that's probably still fine. Trump is medical waste mixed with gasoline and uranium powder.

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[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

I'll vote for biden unless he drops out and a more progressive candidate presents itself, in which case I won't vote biden.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I'm normally critical of Biden but this is one of the few times I'll say it. Biden staying in the race is the best thing he can do.

It doesn't matter when he drops out at this point, the time to do that was 8 months ago. If he drops out now and there's an open convention, democrats lose in November. If he drops out after the convention, and the DNC chooses a different candidate to replace him, Democrats lose in November.

The last time anything similar happened, there were riots outside the DNC in Chicago and Hubert Humphrey safely handed the office to Richard Nixon.

Fun fact, Hilary Clinton attended the protests.

[-] Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 days ago

I'm not sure if OP understands what a Tanky is.

[-] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

Tankie is just the blue version of Woke at this point

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[-] febra@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Yeah.. sure. Not a tankie, I'm European and don't care about influencing you to vote for one or another. But after seeing Biden "debate" Trump I know the dems are fucked. I mean sure, still go out and vote, but I honestly don't see many people doing so.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

Absolutely go vote. Tell everyone you know to vote. Don't vote for Trump. But for the love of god, if you're otherwise not going to vote, at least vote third party.

[-] Juice@midwest.social 9 points 6 days ago
[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

I'm referring to other readers

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 17 points 6 days ago

Biden supporters on the Internet are the worst thing that could happen to Biden.. and they say Tankies are doing Trump's work for him

[-] joenforcer@midwest.social 9 points 6 days ago

"Biden wins the election. Here's why that's bad for Biden."

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Jesus has my vote..no not him! Jesus Gonzalez from Colombia..He did my cabinets and all I can say is....WELL WOULD YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT

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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

Maybe we don't associate Biden with fascism frog

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

If we let the fascists claim any symbol they want, we will have nothing left.

Pepe was just a depressed frog boi. Pepe is only fascist if we let the fascists win

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[-] 01101000_01101001@mander.xyz 10 points 6 days ago

Is this loss?

[-] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe 10 points 6 days ago

No one minds you voting for Biden believe it or not. We do mind being demonized and straw-personed for not voting for him.

[-] pastabatman@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Do you understand why you are being demonized though? You're making a choice that is purely symbolic just so you feel better, but real and vulnerable people across the country have to deal with the fallout.

You want to make a difference? Great! There's a lot of ways to do that. Campaign and fundraise at the local and state level. Push for election reform, ranked choice voting, end to gerrymandering, term limits, electoral college reform, curtail lobbying... any number of things, and push for them more often than once every four years. Voting third party in a presidential election does NOT help.

If you want my respect, acknowledge the reality of the situation and vote for the best option (or the least bad option) among the viable candidates and then work for change within the system. It sucks that we are in this situation, but make a choice grounded in the real world, not a fake ideal world.

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