It’s nice to meet all you. I am she/her, can speak Toki Pona and English (non-natively), and locatable on Reddit as MozartWasARed. The links at https://discord.gg/sEuSSDz6TQ and https://www.deviantart.com/triagonal/art/My-copyright-policy-and-the-impact-it-extends-into-906668443 are pertinent to me.
Sounds like you’re saying “anyone who isn’t with me is against me.”
That would’ve happened anyways.
You say that as if voting for the lesser of two evils is by definition worth it.
Well they’re certainly not now.
A vote spent dishonestly is what I’d call a pissed away vote.
Is it not better, by definition, than spending time dishonestly?
By that logic, everything is a waste of time if more people are spending it some other way.
The whole point of a democracy is people speak their minds, is it not?
If you vote third party, your vote is an extension of your true self. If you vote for a potential winner just out of the likeliness they’ll win, is that really “you”?
Same logic if you don’t vote. In Australia, voting is a requirement for all citizens, and it’s disastrous because you end up with people who just don’t care filling up some random candidate’s score, so the outcome doesn’t reflect what people actually want.
That’s what I always choose.
It’s day four of Trump being in office and I’ve already been ghosted by dozens of people for the crime of not voting. Because, you know, immigrants who can’t vote are expected to vote too.