• OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Voting / politics is a chess game. Sometimes you have to plan ahead and work from behind and sacrifice some positions. Refusing to play the pieces you have (even from a losing position) is just letting the opponent win.

    If there’s a better primary challenger than Newsom, a Progressive candidate, I’m all for them. I want them. I don’t want Newsom, but if it comes down to him or another trump clone, Newsom is good enough to at least keep us from societal collapse.

    Refusing to vote for him because he’s not a perfect fit is just giving the enemy a win. See: all those who refused to vote for Harris and now we have trump.

    There’s no viable 3rd party candidate. Probably never will be.

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      5 hours ago
      • abandons Trans people
      • proudly attacks the homeless
      • backs the neoliberal policies that got us to where we are today
      • does performative actions, instead of actual policy

      …not a perfect fit…

      I think your view of “perfect” might be different than most people

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      8 hours ago

      Lmao i saw this same comment in 2016

      Just save this post and you can use it every 8 years until we are killing each other for clean water

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        6 hours ago

        Ok. So how do we “abandon the duopoly?” Honest question. If you have a viable suggestion, I am all for it. Because refusing to vote is what trump wants you to do.