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[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The collapse of a party and/via creation of a new one happened like 3 times in American history. How is banking on that more likely to help in the next 40 years than voting for the lesser of two evils?

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How has the last forty years of voting for the lesser evil worked out for you?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How has changing parties 3 times in a quarter millennia stopped them from getting where they are now?

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Wow, its almost like electorialism is a fundamentally broken tool that does not allow you to change the system!

How is what you are arguing not an argument against voting?

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Then revolt AND vote at the same time.

There really is no reason to only do one of them.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

"Oh you pointed out that voting for democrats is worse than nothing? Well better immediately organize a violent revolution, otherwise your argument is moot!"

You are aware there's other things a person can do than vote or immediately lead a proletarian uprising, right? You understand how disingenuous a proposition it is you are making, right?

There really is no reason to only do one of them.

Following your line of argument there is no reason to vote.