• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    You misunderstand.

    If my only choices are to vote for “genocide” and “more genocide”, why shouldn’t I cast a 9mm ballot into the roof of my mouth?

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        9 months ago

        Well it’d have to be suitably public, but a suicide of a street vendor helped kick off the Arab Spring. Mohamed Bouazizi achieved a lot.

        Besides that, if every vote I cast is a vote for genocide, then don’t I deserve to die? Have you listened to the interviews? Have you seen the bodies in the rubble? I’d rather kill myself than support that, and if everything I do supports genocide then I should kill myself. I deserve it.

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        9 months ago

        So you’re saying in order to participate in the US electoral system you must make yourself responsible for some level of genocide? Contrary to lesser evil voters, you’re not responsible for other peoples votes, but you are responsible for yours. The fact that about 4 gerrymandered states determine the election is not my fault and doesn’t necessitate my participation in condoning any more genocide than I legally have to when I pay taxes.

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          9 months ago

          In the broken systems we both have, all you can do is tactically vote based on the outcomes you want the least. While arguing for better voting systems.

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          9 months ago

          And how does that translate into a two party voting system? One is multiple times worse than other. What can you do so neither ends up president? Nothing. You only choice is to choose the least bad.

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            9 months ago

            I referenced Tunisia because a man committing suicide literally changed their government.

            If the only choice is “genocide lite” and “genocide deluxe” then the system must be destroyed.

            If my only choice is to vote for genocide then I want to die.

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              9 months ago

              Those two presidential cadets are your only choices for president. Please do not kill yourself over it. I can’t see how it would even be noticed by the process, let alone change it. Be just another tragedy for another family.

              Again, don’t kill yourself or even talk about it.