• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I’m not going to pretend that people voting against their own self interests isn’t a problem

    The problem with “lesser evil” politics is that neither candidate represents your interests.

    You had a corporate Democrat running against a fascist Republican. This after four years of liberals breaking their campaign promises, fattening the wallets of Techbro AnCaps, and beating up civil rights protestors on national TV.

    It’s stupid to pretend we don’t live in a first past the post system where most voters are going to vote straight D or straight R.

    It’s stupid to close off your primary so an unpopular incumbent in a dementia spiral doesn’t have to campaign against another wave of progressive outsiders.

    When Henry Cuellar or Jim Justice or Kristen Sinema are the Ds on my ballot, it isn’t even FPTP. It’s a forgone conclusion I’m getting fucked from either side.