Seriously I’m so confused on this. The USA has a 2 party system. You either vote for Biden or you get Trump. Abstaining from the vote you get Trump. MAGA will have a 100% turnout for their God Emperor.

Trump supports Israel 100%. Again, by not voting for Biden the reality is you’re voting for Trump who is even more supportive of Israel and will also attempt to upend democracy in the west.

You don’t have any options here that support Palestine. The reality of the situation is you either get Biden or Trump and the latter is infinitely worse for the ideal you’re trying to uphold by abstaining. That’s how politics work in the US. You might not like it, it sucks, but unfortunately that’s just the way things work.

CMV

    • blightbow@kbin.social
      81·
      10 months ago

      Nah, it’s pretty evident that either you don’t understand or are willfully ignorant/trolling. In the off chance that you are in fact that confident in yourself:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting#Tactical_voting

      When I was younger I was one of those “enlightened centrists” who believed in things like the purity of my vote, but reality caught up with me eventually. There is no merit to such purity in first past the post systems with an entrenched plurality.

      The only virtue of a wasted vote is the personal satisfaction that you get out of it, and that personal satisfaction has no real world effect on politics. The only exception is when you are voting for a visionary with overwhelmingly popular support. (i.e. you would know if one is in the race)

      • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        311·
        10 months ago

        Nah, it’s pretty evident that either you don’t understand or are willfully ignorant/trolling.

        false dichotomy

      • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        210·
        10 months ago

        When I was younger I was one of those “enlightened centrists” who believed in things like the purity of my vote, but reality caught up with me eventually.

        baby, i’m an anarchist.

        • blightbow@kbin.social
          6·
          10 months ago

          No one cares what either of us are, it was only relevant to my anecdote. :P Your commenting pattern appears to have become somewhat manic, so I’ll leave you to it.

          • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            29·
            10 months ago

            Your commenting pattern appears to have become somewhat manic, so I’ll leave you to it.

            I have a strong preference to leave short comments about only one idea at a time.

      • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        111·
        10 months ago

        The only virtue of a wasted vote is the personal satisfaction that you get out of it, and that personal satisfaction has no real world effect on politics unless you are voting for a visionary with overwhelmingly popular support. (i.e. you would know if one is in the race)

        if i’m wasting my vote then i may as well not vote at all. but i’m going to vote and it’s going to be for someone who won’t sign off on genocide.