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Not voting delegitimises the government and puts pressure on the political system. The minor benefits of that are not countered by any drawbacks if you are in the vast majority of states that are not swing states.
But my main point is: you have to develop a solid ideological viewpoint and act on it if you actually want your voice to be represented. If you just vote for the parties that you do not agree with because you feel like you have to you are actually not doing your "democraric duty" and instead are legitimising the government that does not represent your desires, thusly eroding democracy.
You can say, that if a lot of people thought this way and voted for, say, Jill Stein, or not at all, the Democrats would not win. To that I would say, why would I want them to win if I do not agree with their politics? But most importantly, if people were actually willing to stand their ground and at least try to hold politicians accountable and fight for political representation(of their views) you would not have the political fiasco you have now in the first place.
That's a lot of words to say that you don't care about other people or what happens to them. I'm sure trans people at home or those suffering under the neo-colonial regime of the US are proud of you.
Yeah, I guess that's where we differ. I use my ideological viewpoint to protect people rather than let immense harm come to them in the vain attempt to make a point to political organizations. But it amazes me the lengths people go to justify increasing the amount of suffering they are allowing to occur based on "principles".
I wouldn't expect the victims of genocide to be proud of people for voting for either genocidal candidate. It's fairly offensive that someone with your callousness and privilege would even speak for them.
Yes, you are enabling endless violence by your support for these disgusting politicians and their racist, patriarchial empire. Your principles are bad actually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion
It's not callous to acknowledge that your choice will and already has lead to greater suffering, suffering that I have to watch my family and friends go through. You call me callous but didn't even try to stop, and you're hiding behind systemic problems to not have to acknowledge that.
So with all due respect, kindly go fuck yourself.
And you're accelerating that through your principles, so they're still worse than mine.
Like it or not, sitting out is not helpful to your cause. But keep telling yourself what you have to do you can sleep at night.
Goodbye, and I will not read any additional replies.