cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21396125
Stephen Starr in Hamtramck, Michigan
Mon 14 Oct 2024 11.00 EDT
I would like everyone to note that Peter Link, who posts endless articles, has a very obvious agenda, but almost never comments.
Posting article after article but never engaging is bad faith participation in Lemmy.
Over 500 posts and barely a dozen comments.
And yeah their posts clearly have an agenda. A lot of “both sides bad don’t vote” kind of stuff.
“both sides bad” has won almost every US election, according to this chart.
It’s literally the most popular position when you consider voter turnout and % of votes for each main party.
You’re confusing not voting and not liking both parties. A lot of people don’t vote because they don’t give a shit. Or simply can’t.
I haven’t voted most of my life because I’m disabled and can’t make it to polling booths.
In Switzerland we have a dozen major parties and turnout is around 30%. Our open list system allows for extensive “customisation of votes” and lets you choose from hundreds of candidates. People just don’t vote because they can’t be bothered or are busy aren’t really motivated etc.
Sorry if you think that my posting reflects “bad faith”. I have responded to comments a few times, but generally I’m trying to get useful articles out to the Fediverse. (I also post a lot in Mastodon.)
I did write one long comment on voting for Harris, where I stated that it is a difficult decision for me, because each day I get angrier at the Biden/Harris blank check for Bibi. At the same time, I clearly don’t want Trump.
I wonder how much it hurts to shoot yourself in the foot.
I wonder what lies they will tell themselves about how it’s not their fault when Trump decides to support Israel twice as hard as Kamala has.
You’re seeing it from the outside so you won’t understand them. They don’t have the need to lie when things worsen. Even They’ve already expected things will be worst under Trump. Just to aid you to understand their mindset: Suffering 100x more by your enemy is much more endurable than the bitterness of being betrayed by your own kind.
If they don’t vote for anyone then I understand and sympathize. If they vote for ultra-genocide to spite Democrats then they get what they asked for.
They’d cut off their nose to spite their face?
I am sure Trump will do a bang up job as he drives a tank around GAZA just for kicks.
It’s not like these voters didn’t fucking MAKE LOUD AND CLEAR their intention during the primary with the Undecided movement SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
At this point, this is 100% the Democrats campaign fault for not PANDERING BETTER to the demands of their own god damn base. It’s called a democracy you nitwits, you’re supposed to REPRESENT people.
Edit: this is the POV of a Canadian, seeing Americans throw their democracy away. Democrats made a whole ruckus about how they put country over party, but it seems they could not put country over …CUFI and AIPAC.
