• TheRealKuni@piefed.social
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      15 hours ago

      Yup. No doubt. But the choice between “things are bad” and “fascism” is, while distasteful, an easy choice. The spoiler effect means that in a First Past the Post voting system, mathematically, if you decide to instead vote for the idealistic but unpopular “things could be better,” all you’re doing is removing a vote from “things are bad,” which only benefits “fascism.”

      It sucks. I know it sucks. But it’s what we have right now. Ideally we can make a better system, but we won’t get there by letting fascism win. At least not without a LOT MORE people dying.

      Again, make positive change where and when you can, and vote rationally.

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        11 hours ago

        Yup. No doubt. But the choice between “things are bad” and “fascism” is, while distasteful, an easy choice.

        Is genocide not fascism?