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[-] corus_kt@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago

As a foreigner I never understood the novote sentiment in the US. You aren't voting for either candidate because you dislike them, so who would you actually vote for? AOC? RFK Jr? Bernie? Does your ideal candidate even exist in reality yet? All a no vote does is take away your own rights in your country, while the rest of the world moves on without you.

For what it's worth, both parties can be trash but one party actually can be shamed to doing the right thing once in a while.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Who I would vote for would be, for example, the third-party candidate I'm actually voting for.

The democrats can't be "shamed" into doing the right thing. They might be able to be pressured into doing it, and establishing a credible threat that you'll withhold your vote if they do something unconcionable is one way of exerting that pressure. They have exactly zero interest in the concerns of people whose votes are guaranteed.

And if they are completely unresponsive regardless, then the only hope of having our concerns listened to is to unseat them, by means of a third party. No matter how unlikely or how long it takes, it's still more likely than the possibility that Biden randomly starts caring about Palestinians out of the kindness of his heart.

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social -4 points 5 months ago

Cool, so you're voting for tRump, got it.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Trump is a third-party candidate? Fascinating perspective.

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