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eliounora · 1 day ago

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to say people withholding their vote in America aren't 'pragmatic' enough is so dismissive. as a fellow European like idk what I would've done either if I was an American.

Otherwise I would be sorry to be dismissive but in this situation I think it is completely acceptable, if not necessary, to vote for the lesser evil. Voting is not about your inner true values, it is about society, and especially in the American setting where you essentially have only two options, you need to be able to make hard decisions. If you're seriously indicating that on the whole Harris is bad as Trump, you need to take a cold hard look at the reality of the matters at hand. Harris is not ideal, and it hurts to vote for her especially when you think about Gaza, but Trump is a fascist and his supporters in the Republican party are dangerous to democracy and human rights. This is not a situation where you get to opt out. Not voting is a vote for Trump.

#historically low citizen activity and apathy towards politics is poison for democracy #this is one of the reasons russia never became a democracy. the culture there generally believes that the people cannot affect the state #if you're lucky enough to vote. VOTE.#also i must add. anon says they're also european but i'm assuming the national security is not heavily dependent upon US protection #here in eastern europe where we share borders with russia it is essential that the threat of NATO is real #i cannot believe you have the gall to say you wouldn't have known what to do. there was only one option #and once again this is of course not the optimal state of things but it is the realistic one

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