• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And you seem to think voting is some personal commitment to a candidate and not the simple numbers game that politicians use to gain control.

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      4 months ago

      Centrists are so fucking exhausting. Do any of you see voters as humans instead of demographics to be marketed to and exploited?

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        4 months ago

        I’m not a centrist. I’m an informed progressive who leverages my vote to get the closest elector to my ideals that is available. That absolutely results in “settling” to prevent another backslide in policy from a Republican win.

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          4 months ago

          I’m not a centrist.

          if you say so.

          I’m an informed progressive who leverages my vote to get the closest elector to my ideals that is available.

          And yet you can’t see that humans aren’t numbers.

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            4 months ago

            I never said humans were numbers. That was your accusation.

            I said elections were about numbers. Ask any political scientist.

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                4 months ago

                Strategic votes. Not people. If it were an actual representation of people, then Trump would never have been President, having lost the popular vote in 2016.

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                  Strategic votes. Not people.

                  Yes, Numbers cast votes in your universe because numbers can be manipulated without putting in as much work.

                  If it were an actual representation of people, then Trump would never have been President, having lost the popular vote in 2016.

                  Clinton was such a shitty candidate that she didn’t take the electoral college into account and didn’t campaign to all those non-people you despise in the worthless flyover states. They were beneath her because numbers were gonna vote for her instead. Look at how that worked out.