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[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 19 points 8 hours ago

I feel as though there's a significant amount of extra info that isn't strictly conveyed here.

The core issue is that you only have 2 real options in america, third parties may as well not exist. So, come election time, your harm reduction option is to vote for the least evil party.

But that's not the way to solve the issue, and neither is abstaining or voting third party, IMO. The way to solve the issue happens between votes. Picketing, protesting, demonstrating, taking action, making noise. You won't solve the broken 2 party system at election time. But you do have to actually get out and take action, not just say that you will and keep letting the overton window shift right.

(Take with a pinch of salt because I'm not american)

[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 hours ago

But that’s not the way to solve the issue

So...... revolution? It worked once before!

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 4 points 3 hours ago

I mean sure! Take the whole CEO situation and springboard off that, you find yourselves in circumstances similar to pre-revolution France so the conditions are right.

[-] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 5 points 6 hours ago

This. I'm in the US and was fully prepared to protest whether Harris or Trump won, I'm opposed to them both in different ways. Trump and team may get me off my ass very quickly though.

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