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Time is running out for Kamala Harris to break with Biden on the Gaza catastrophe (www.theguardian.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21396569

Moira Donegan
Mon 14 Oct 2024 06.07 EDT

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I won't be voting for either of the two parties' candidates as long as they remain pro-genocide.

If they want my vote they're more than welcome to come out with a strong stance against genocide.

Pretty low bar. If neither candidate is willing to meet it I can only assume they do not want my vote.

If they don't want my vote they either don't think they need it or they're more committed to genocide than winning the election.

It's their call.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The not voting strategy has never worked before, why would it work this time? You want the let the future of this country determined by someone else?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Has voting for the "lesser" evil ever worked either?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I imagine we can agree no American president has been ideal? Some of the presidents who have given us the most progress in important areas like welfare, civil rights, and environmental protections have also been war criminals. Roosevelt, Kennedy/LBJ, Obama, etc. Imagine where we'd be if no one voted for the lesser evil in those elections, held firm and didn't vote for the president who would set up concentration camps, or keep us in wars in Asia and the middle east.

Throwing away your vote got us presidents like GWB and Trump. Stalled progress for decades. Evil supreme court justices. In fact, the most underrated job of the president is picking supreme court justices, since the court has made itself the single most powerful institution in the country.

How about you vote for the most potential for progress?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I won't vote for anyone who's pro-genocide. You're clearly okay with voting for genocide, but I'm not.

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