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    9 months ago

    Do you think being incredibly stupid is a prereq for being a raging leftist or something?

    It is a prereq for voting for Biden

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          9 months ago

          The best available choice isn’t always one that you want to make. It’s fine to hate the idea of voting strategically, I hate it too, but it’s naive to think you can positively affect the system by going with the option you want the most.

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            9 months ago

            Voting for someone you disagree with is not voting strategically, it’s voting against your interests based on what you assume others will do.

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              9 months ago

              No, we can say with absolute certainty that (barring any issues with mortality) either Trump or Biden will win this year. I assume others will vote for those two for the same reason I assume that the sun will rise tomorrow.

              ETA: I was right about the sunrise. Check back in a few months to find out if I was right about the president!

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                9 months ago

                And in 2028?

                Your lazy ass will be making the same argument. I will actually express democracy unlike you, and will work to gather votes for the Greens.

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                    9 months ago

                    So you’re too lazy to support them and gather votes for them, you don’t actually support them then. You’re too lazy so you vote for Dems to make yourself feel better

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              17 days ago

              Update: I was as right about the voting as I was about the sunrise. I’ll try to remember to update you on whether Trump actually becomes president—shit’s crazy lately, so you never know

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                17 days ago

                Biden was a dogshit president, and you should be ashamed for ever supporting him or the Democrats instead of making a better candidate viable. That’s your responsibility as a citizen, so no you were not right in any way, idiot.

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                  17 days ago

                  Biden was (and is) a shit president, but it’s pretty weird that you think Trump is better

                  But also, what I was right about is that it would either be the Democrat or the Republican

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                    17 days ago

                    Nope, never said Trump was better, you’re just trying to feel better about yourself.

                    I was right that you’re too lazy to make any effort to change that, and deserve a Trump presidency for that.