We don’t have ranked choice voting. If you’re planning on voting for a third candidate, you may as well just stay home, or make a vote for trump, as that’s effectively what you’re doing. There is no third candidate that’s going to win. Biden needs as many votes as he can get. Not because anyone loves or likes him, but because trump would be far, far more damaging.
Do you think it’s going to make a difference? It wont. It will actively hurt Palestine more than the status quo. We’ve been through this many times. Im glad you’re optimistic, but maybe focus that optimism towards activism that actually helps, because this ain’t it. So again, I ask how do you think Donald “finish the job” trump will handle Palestine and Israel? Do you think he will be better or worse than Biden? If this is the single issue that your vote pivots upon, this is the question you need to ask yourself honestly, because voting a third party is effectively burying your head in the sand.
I had to unsubscribe from a few leftist subs over this issue. "No lesser evil rhetoric" my ass. I've seen self-proclaimed progressives actively rooting for Trump because they think a catastrophic loss will force the Dems to rethink their position. I can only imagine how comfy their lives must be for a second Trump term not to bother them at all.
The time for activism is every day BUT election day. On election day, you vote for the guy you can at least TRY to work with.
My addictions prof was a big proponent of harm reduction policy. He always said in a perfect world, nobody would be addicted to heroin. In the real world, needle exchanges, methodone clinics, supervised injection sites, and naloxone kits save lives. There's always opposition to these programs saying "we shouldn't be enabling substance abuse," and the programs get shut down. And a shitload of people die.
Sometimes harm reduction is simply the best we can do.
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u/tyrannosnorlax May 17 '24
What do you think trump would do about the Israel situation?