• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Sure. If you make your vote conditional on supporting a certain policy, then you create an incentive for politicians to support that policy in the future. Politicians have no incentive to care about the concerns of people who support them unconditionally. That means it’s at least potentially the rational and strategic line to draw a red line somewhere, and if you agree with that, then it’s pretty obvious that genocide is crossing that line.

    Pretty simple. As the saying goes, why buy the cow (give the voters what they want) when you can get the milk (votes) for free?

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        3 months ago

        She didn’t merely, “Refuse to explicitly oppose Israel.” She and Biden were completely supportive of Israel, sending them more and more weapons (beyond what congress approved btw) no matter what they did and applying no pressure to them. They went after pro-Palestine protesters and refused to allow a Palestinian-American to speak at the convention. They made it extremely clear which side they were on, and thinking otherwise is just wishful thinking.

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            3 months ago

            Nothing? What on earth did I say that gave you the impression that I thought Trump was better? I didn’t vote for Trump either. You’re ignoring what I said and going back to the strawman.

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              3 months ago

              By not voting for Kamala, you voted for Trump. This is the broken system we must work within to attempt to better society.

              You’re just in denial about your own complicity.

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                3 months ago

                Then by not voting for Trump, I voted for Kamala and you have nothing to complain about.

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                    3 months ago

                    You can use whatever wordplay you like to make me look bad, it means nothing. My determination was and is that making my vote conditional took priority.

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      3 months ago

      Single issue voting is unintelligent and harmful to society. Exhibit A) The current state of the USA.