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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because then we'll get someone better, right?

Someone better then.... Right?

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Possibly, worth trying rather than settling for more corporate dem bullshit

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Republicans have already been portaying him as stalin. If it turns out he goes corporate dem I think most people are going to just not feel bad when some maga lunatic shoots him.

Imo its win win either way at this point. If cuomo or adams win they're much less likely to be targeted. I also suspect if its close trump will use this as test ground for using the FBI or something to rig elections. Voting in the USA is like anything else here, its some fucked up form of gambling.

Edit: people forget that Fidel Castro was a lib until the US backed regime cracked down. I know people love the "scratch a liberal" meme but there are instances where this stuff goes the other way.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's unfortunately not how first past the post works.

You get one of two options. If you don't pick the mediocre one, you get the bad one. The system is rigged and hoping won't change that.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Who said anything about hoping? The system is actively collapsing in front of us