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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoYou can tactically vote for Biden to avoid Trump and still take actions to dismantle the system.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSo the woman in our scenario should decide to choose the “Nice Guy” tactically?
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNo, I’m saying that your analogy breaks down.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoI don’t think it does. A choice fostered upon me at the threat of violence is not a choice at all. I refuse to participate and therefore legitimize such a farce.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou’re free to do nothing, but smart people choose to minimize harm when there are only bad choices in front of them.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoWho said I’m “doing nothing”? Voting isn’t doing anything. Only actions outside the ballot matter.
minus-squareKashif Shah@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoOr you could maybe take actions to fix the system. Because whatever you lot come up with after dismantling is going be worse for everybody else.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou can still do both. The only viable path to election reform comes from downballot state elections anyway.
minus-squareKashif Shah@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months ago You can still do both Not sure that I follow what you mean. You can’t fix a system that is being dismantled, so I’m guessing that you mean something else.
You can tactically vote for Biden to avoid Trump and still take actions to dismantle the system.
So the woman in our scenario should decide to choose the “Nice Guy” tactically?
No, I’m saying that your analogy breaks down.
I don’t think it does. A choice fostered upon me at the threat of violence is not a choice at all. I refuse to participate and therefore legitimize such a farce.
You’re free to do nothing, but smart people choose to minimize harm when there are only bad choices in front of them.
Who said I’m “doing nothing”? Voting isn’t doing anything. Only actions outside the ballot matter.
Or you could maybe take actions to fix the system. Because whatever you lot come up with after dismantling is going be worse for everybody else.
You can still do both. The only viable path to election reform comes from downballot state elections anyway.
Not sure that I follow what you mean. You can’t fix a system that is being dismantled, so I’m guessing that you mean something else.