I don’t like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in November. Even if you did, and even if you convinced two thirds of the people who would otherwise have voted for Biden to vote for your chosen candidate instead, Trump would still win because half the country voted for him and your guy only got a third. If you vote third party you might as well stay home.

Not voting isn’t going to stop the genocide in Gaza. The US will continue to funnel them arms no matter which candidate wins this November. Trump practically campaigns on how much he hates the Jews. He’ll also make life a living hell for anyone who isn’t a straight cisgender male back here at home.

A vote is not an unconditional endorsement, and “sticking it to leftists” and “refusing to support genocide” (that’s not what voting for Biden is doing, by the way – a vote for either candidate is a vote for genocide and a vote for neither is an endorsement of both) is not more important than keeping the furthest right politician America has ever seen out of office.

I hate Biden as much as every other leftist here. But I’ll still vote for him because Trump is worse. If there’s a single bone in your body that cares about the lives of your trans friends you will too.

  • InternetUser2012@midwest.social
    1·
    8 months ago

    This will be the most important election in the history of the united states. You have two choices, Dictator, or Democracy. A no vote is a vote AGAINST Democracy.

    • Mikesomething@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      I hear this every single election.

      Dems - “democracy is at stake! THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN YOUR LIFE”

      Me - *Holds nose and votes for the lesser evil"

      Dems - “thanks guys that was close” Proceeds to sit around with a thumb in their collective asshole for 4 years.

      …

      Dems - “Democracy is at stake! REALLY guys - THIS is the most important election ever!”

      It’s fucking exhausting. If the Dems really wanted people to come out and vote, they would spend less time begging for our votes, and more time representing our collective interests.

      • Dinsmore@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        7 months ago

        You’d think if they really believed their own bs that democracy was at stake, they would do everything to court votes in swing states, such as, idk, the enormous Arab population in Michigan? Biden clearly prioritizes dead Gazan babies over “democracy.”

      • mojo_raisin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I hear this every single election.

        1. Because as we move into the future with a larger population and worse environmental destruction, the stakes become greater.

        2. Because we’ve been on the verge of losing our democracy for a couple decades now. I’m almost 50, we’ve been on the verge since the presidency was taken from Al Gore. It was not this way before that in my lifetime.

        You think one election is going to take a nation on the brink to being in safe harbors? This is a battle for democracy that occurs over multiple elections, why is that so hard to understand? You can only repeat what your friends say?

        • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
          2·
          7 months ago

          Biden refused to face fascism head on during his entire term. Instead he decided to focus entirely on pleasing moderates and liberals and burning progressives and leftists at every opportunity. This is Biden’s fault.

          • mojo_raisin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            7 months ago

            Ya, so to punish Biden lets allow an actual fascist to take power and live under that for the rest of our lives. Genius.

            • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
              2·
              7 months ago

              If you focused all this energy you’re using to fight your fellow working class Americans against pro-corporate trash candidates and the people who vote for them we’d be in a much better position right now.

      • gmtom@lemmy.world
        0·
        7 months ago

        I hear this every single election.

        Yeah, weird, it’s almost like we’ve been on a slow march towards fascism for decades and as republicans get more and more radicalised they vote for worse and worse candidates as their nominee every election… or something.

    • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      If it’s so important then why isn’t Biden doing everything he can to compromise with leftists and progressives? Dude should be standing at a podium begging us like “Please! I’m sorry I blocked the rail strike I won’t do it again. Federal workers can continue working remotely. I won’t raise the defense budget again. I will fight to block weapon shipments to Israel. Please help me.”

      Or is this democracy not worth that to him?

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
      1·
      7 months ago

      Every fucking election in my lifetime has been “the most important in history”

      You all have cried wolf too many times. If you get eaten, it’s liberals fault.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      0·
      8 months ago

      Lmao typical DNC advertisement regurgitation. This election is not ‘the most important election in history’.

      Third party of bust

        • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 months ago

          You realize Trump is just the tip of the iceberg right? It’s not like once he no longer runs the MAGA crowd will disappear. What’s your plan for addressing it? Because we held our noses and elected Biden in 2020 and all he’s done is fucked around for 3 years.

          • Xanis@lemmy.world
            0·
            7 months ago

            Oooh no you don’t. You can’t do the shitty Manager thing and try to toss this back at me. Answer your own question.

            • go_go_gadget@lemmy.world
              1·
              7 months ago

              We’ve had lots of plans, there were lots of good candidates in the 2020 primaries. They were all rejected by moderates and liberals. We had the BBB, it was rejected by moderates and liberals. We had the rail strike, it was rejected by moderates and liberals. We have proposed lots of plans. They have all been rejected. The onus is not on us to continue providing plans. Moderates and liberals need our votes to win. They don’t like our plans but refuse to provide any viable plans of their own.

              I’m done making plans. If moderate and liberals want my vote they need to demonstrate it. If Biden wants my vote he needs to demonstrate it. Compromise with us or lose to MAGA. Make a choice.