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It's an incredibly stupid movement where people are saying that they won't vote as a protest to not liking either candidate.
Usually said by people who have little to lose if Republicans win, seem to think revolution is a viable possibility if Republicans win, and/or think that by not voting something good might happen.
Also people who don't understand that our system is a First-Past-the-Post system and the only group of people who are trying to get support for not voting in this election are people on the left.
So I'm not as many words: people trying to guarantee a victory for trump.
I'll be voting but it won't be for Biden or Trump. If you want me to vote for him then figure out how to make him listen to the people he's depending on to get elected.
There's no such thing as the perfect candidate so voting for the person you hate the least is the best option for preventing the person you hate the most from winning.
I'm not a fan of Biden but he's way fucking better than trump and his fellow Republicans.
No. I'm not going to continue to reward moderates and liberals for being inflexible. If they're not willing to do it now they're never going to be and fascism isn't just a possibility it's a guarantee. Let's get it overwith.
And by not voting you're ensuring that positive change will have a much harder time occuring.
Local elections are very important and pushing for more progressive local candidates can help to influence policies on the national stage. And if there's no candidates you like in your locality you can try to run yourself.
There's more elections than just the election for president.
Liberals and moderates by not materially compromising with leftists and progressives are ensuring that positive change has and will continue to have a much harder time occurring.
Your judgement cuts both ways you know.
They are way more likely to do so than Republicans that's for sure
All you have to do is look at voting records to see that
All you have to do is see the break down for who voted for the Respect for Marriage Act for an easy example
Give me an example of liberals and moderates making a material compromise with leftists and progressives during Biden's term. Show me any time they have sacrificed a policy position in order to get the votes of progressives and leftists.
Again, I haven't seen anything like that. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by assuming that you aren't dumb enough to be confusing the noncommitted movement of the DNC Primaries with the general election in November. You're not that dumb, right?
Don't make the mistake of believing that just because you haven't seen something that it doesn't exist.
We all exist in media bubbles and in those bubbles we miss a lot. By seeing this meme you could say that your media bubble has finally bumped into the bubble where people openly talk about not voting.
Hell there's comments in this comment section on the note of not voting.