Summary
Trump plans to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on supplying 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and reverse sanctions against Israeli settlers.
Summary
Trump plans to lift the Biden administration’s freeze on supplying 2,000-pound bombs to Israel and reverse sanctions against Israeli settlers.
In a 2-party system, a vote for one party makes the other party more likely to lose (depending on where you live etc).
A vote for a third-party is effectively not much different than spoiling your ballot. It says you’re okay with sacrificing your vote to send a message, but you don’t care which of the two parties wins. Either is fine for you.
Not voting is worse than voting third-party or spoiling your ballot. It sends the message that either of the 2 parties is fine for you. That’s it.
So consider that if you think you sent a message against the Democrats with your vote. Because most people probably just sent the message that they don’t care if Trump wins, and they don’t care if Harris wins.
9.7 million people sent a message to democratic politicians, but they don’t care.
The senate confirmed Marco Rubio 99-0.
Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump home on inauguration day. Bold stance against dictatorial fascism.
Obama and Trump laughed together like buddies chopping it up at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Now that is how you defeat tyranny.
Red vs Blue is what keeps the people divided. The politicians expediently pass resolutions when it comes to money for foreign wars and pay raises for themselves. Things that help the average citizen get scrutenized for years as a means of attrition so things like $15 minimum wage are outdated policy.
Minimum wage should be at least $24 an hour, but they’ll tell you Person A who is working a certain job shouldn’t be paid a certain amount because Person B is doing something harder and deserves more money. And then the fight is lost on who’s job is harder. Thrown in a boomer who thinks raising the minimum wage from $7 to $24 is too dramatic because they bought a house on a summer job salary in the 1960’s and you have their recipe for divide.
Whether you want to believe it or not your two party system is actually a uniparty system until you stop voting for either one.
Why would any politician care about people who don’t vote?
Historically, it’s easier for them to campaign in swing states than to get non-voters to vote.
As well, not voting doesn’t send a clear message. That might’ve been your message. 9,699,998 of the others might’ve just not voted for Harris because she’s a woman. Who knows? Not the politicians, because they’re not on Lemmy.
If your politicians don’t think there is a soul searching emergency when they have a nearly 10 million vote swing against them in favor of someone they spent 10 years branding as a fascist, racist, rapist demagouge who would bring the end of democracy then uhh ok. I guess whatever excuses you can give to keep supporting them then sure.
I’d rather support the Democrats than support Trump’s victory, which, if you didn’t vote, you have done. Congratulations on your “moral” victory.