• quindraco@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    People downvoting you apparently don’t believe anyone on Lemmy is:

    1. Not a US citizen.
    2. 17 or younger come November.
    3. An ex-con in a state where that means you can’t vote.
    4. A current convict unable to vote from prison.

    1 and 2 get me the most. Imagine not believing in Italians or children.

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        8 months ago

        If you’re legally allowed to vote in the USA, you almost certainly do vote for capitalists, largely due to fundamental flaws in First Past the Post - you have no way not to. Both abstaining from voting and voting third party are mathematically equivalent to voting for a capitalist, it just makes it messier working out which one you voted for.

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          8 months ago

          Both abstaining from vot8ng and voting third party are mathematically equivalent to voting for a capitalist

          no, they’re not. calling your storytelling “math” doesn’t change its veracity.

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            8 months ago

            Yes, they are. Obstinately refusing to understand the mathematics of voting doesn’t change the math.

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              8 months ago

              i’ve seen explications before, but i’m open to the possibility that you have a novel theory that is testable, falsifiable, and valid.

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      8 months ago

      Dude. I’m not talking about people outside of the US. What is so complicated about that. This is a US centric country conversation. I thought it was implied that the people I was speaking about would be US citizens.

      Here, I will clarify with everyone who has a hard time reading between the lines.

      IF YOU ARE A US CITIZEN THAT CAN LEGALLY VOTE AND YOU CHOOSE TO USE YOUR VOTE IN A MANNER THAT WILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY MY PERSONAL FREEDOMS AND FURTHER THE SUFFERING OF OTHER PEOPLE FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC, I WOULD RATHER NOT ASSOCIATE WITH YOU.