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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 159 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

So instead of blaming the system that gave us two parties, you blame the voters who had no choice but to vote for two parties?

~Sounds solid. πŸ‘~

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Seriously. Someone let me know when we’re getting off the internet and rioting.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Someone let me know when we’re getting off the internet and rioting.

I heard they were just waiting for you, man.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

plus it's objectively wrong as exemplified by the last election

[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

really it seems like it's blaming people for just voting & hoping, instead of organizing and building a movement. voting for the lesser evil is not enough.

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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 108 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nope, it’s also a consequence of often choosing the greater evil.

And for favouring short term over long term planning.

And zero-sum thinking.

And us vs them mentality.

And a lack of critical thinking in general.

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[–] the_q@piefed.social 67 points 1 week ago

Using AI for some tepid take about evil is fucking hilarious.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)
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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Hmmm. Really seems like the government today is directly the result of not choosing the lesser evil 2 years ago.

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[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

Um, I'm pretty sure some of it was choosing the greater of two evils

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (5 children)

OP must be Maga to think that Trump was a lesser evil than Kamala.

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[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Not really, because if people consistently choose the lesser evil. Like if 90% voted for lesser evils, then the other party would have to change things up, or there could be a new party that would have a chance of winning because they're competing for that 90% of people and no way would the evil party win.

But no, problems isn't choosing lesser evil, it's that significant people still choose evil

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[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Jeez...I hope this plan of not voting again works out for us this time.

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[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's just stupid... First of all, what are we supposed to do? Vote for the greater of two evils? Second, we DO vote for the greater of two evils!

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure the greater of two evils won a whole bunch of times.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

250 years. We've had a form of First Past the Post for as long as we've has government, and mathematically that always results in two parties, aka lesser of two evils. Without changing that, we can point fingers of blame wherever, but the people don't get a real choice.

I wonder if this sticker is on the car of someone who always voted third party or abstained? Clearly, since it's "you" and not "us", so not taking responsibility for generations of voting. Do they realize that their choice might have caused this outcome too? Probably not, since they're using a bumper sticker to blame everyone else.

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (27 children)

Should we have chosen the greater evil?

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (10 children)

well i mean were we supposed to choose the greater of two evils?

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (19 children)

I don't understand. We're bush, Nixon, Reagan and trump the lesser of 2 evils? I'm pretty sure they're the cause of the current MAGAstan government.

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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually we've chosen the worse of two evils about half the time.

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[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (14 children)

As opposed to choosing the greater evil for a change?

The actual issue is money in politics. It's the reason no politician wants voter reform. It's why Bernie never had a chance, not just as a presidential candidate. You need preferential voting, no more electoral college and no more Senate - pro rata representation only.

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[–] TTimo@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's not like picking the worse evil would get you to a better place either.

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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I’m pretty sure we elected the worst of all evils

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[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure donald was the eviler of two evils. The evilist of many evils.

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[–] lennee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago
[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

We as a society need to make posting AI slop as much of a taboo as, like, pissing on the side of a building. It should be something that you just don't do as a matter of decorum.

[–] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Except that choosing the greater evil is what's gotten us exactly where we are. Nixon, Reagan, W, Trump = greater evil every time.

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[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure more than half of these elections we're choosing the worse evil

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (22 children)

Ok then, so what's your solution? I'm still gonna vote for the lesser evil, while still organizing and doing direct action, to reduce harm unless presented with an alternative.

Maybe a candidate that's good? You could run for an office.

Edit: essentially I mean for the situation at hand, especially with this upcoming election, what else can we do?

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[–] Scrogu@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean no. They literally chose the greater of two evils almost half the time.

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