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Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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2020 was... truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn't get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.

My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year I'm going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. I'm done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year I'm gonna do my best to fight that.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'll vote for a non-Zionist candidate in the primaries with no real expectation of them winning. But I will vote blue no matter who for national and state politics, and Working Families Party for local if any run.

Is "Genocide Joe" an accurate nickname? Yeah. But fuck that, it's not like Trump will be any less zionist and third parties/independents don't work in FPTP. I'm mixed race, I'm bisexual, I'm worried about worst case scenarios with a second Trump presidency (which is basically "what Trump is saying out loud" at this point,) and I am willing to vote in enlightened self-interest.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joe Biden is no more pro-Israel than any president before him. In fact, he's publicly asked Netanyahu for humanitarian pauses so they can actually get Palestinian people out of the line of fire. Small gesture yes, but no one else has even mentioned Palestinian survival before.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

"asked"

Yep, found your problem right there. It's your argument, full of holes, it is.

You don't ask a genocidal power that you're supplying to stop commiting genocide. You tell them they'll stop or best case scenario (for them) they're on their own. Worst case scenario (for them), you stop them yourself.