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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Where's the part where it helps Trump? We supposedly live in a democracy, I'm voicing my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (40 children)

Where’s the part where it helps Trump?

The part where the reality is we have a plurality voting system ("First past the post") in place today.

We supposedly live in a democracy,

We do.

I’m voicing my opinion.

You are.

I'm not saying the rule of law should prevent you from doing what you're doing (I'm not a fan of fascism). However, you're being willfully ignorant if you acknowledge our plurality voting system, but claim your work convincing people not to vote for Biden doesn't also helps Trump become president again.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (39 children)

If the race is neck and neck, and you vote for Micky mouse because you wanna feel superior to everyone around you, all you've done is make things worse.

Depending on your location, you may have directly helped trump.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This may not be as credible as your meme, but CNN points out the “spoiler effects” of third-party candidates. They very rarely even receive a Electoral College vote.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/third-parties-elections-what-matters/index.html