• OnASnowyEvening@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    why we need a moderate candidate just like hillary and kamala.

    Screw the “don’t rock the boat” candidates… unless they’re the only option compared to the “let’s destroy America!” candidate on the other side.

    Not rocking the boat is better than setting the country on fire for no goddamn reason (if the system were burning down with a reasonable expectation we could make it better that’d be arguably different). I’m sure there are plenty that feel smugly superior for having “protested” by not voting, and I trust you don’t mind the whole “country’s on fire” thing going on (insert “this is fine” meme).

    • lumony@lemmings.world
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      1 day ago

      It’s a two-pronged strategy.

      The lesser-evil candidates piggyback on the greater-evil ones by saying “Hey, at least we’re not as bad as that guy!”

      It’s super effective against useful idiots.