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Micah@rincewind.run |
at the end of the day there are two people who can win the election one of them is going to if I have any preference at all between them and the policies they espouse - even if I like neither - the one concrete action I can take is to pick which of the two bad options I hate the least
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Noah
@ncallaway.bsky.social
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I always think this debate comes down to people who use consequentialism to decide how to vote, vs those that vote deontologically.
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Ryan W Enslow
@ryanwenslow.bsky.social
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“If there is no one in an election you want to vote for then there sure as hell is someone running you want to vote against” I put this is quotes because I know I’ve stolen it but read it so you I don’t remember who from and probably have misquoted it anyway. The idea stuck with me though
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Ted & Ro
@brandtandstein.com
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It’s that whole “democracy is a bus not a taxi” thing, isn’t it? You’re not getting one that can take you exactly where you need to go so the best you can get is the smaller walk at the other end, however slight
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John Dellaporta
@johndellaporta.bsky.social
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As I like to put it, “refusing to pick the lesser of two evils is consenting to the greater.”
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Tim Rust
@timrust.bsky.social
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Australia has a nice system where you can vote for someone you really prefer, then express your preferences down to the one you want least. If your favourite can't win, your next preference will count
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WalkingTaako🏴☠️🏳️
@walkingtaako.bsky.social
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Because you're going to have to live in the world that follows the election, and would prefer for it to be the less bad version rather than brag about how moral you are for not voting for either of them.
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