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Trump says his businesses got money from foreign governments because he was 'doing services' for them
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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"It's treason then..."
Meanwhile Left wing voters in 2024: "So this is how liberty dies . . . with thunderous applause"
And entirely too many lefties, "I don't like either candidate so I won't vote."
Or worse (and thankfully a much smaller number), "I'm going to let trump get power again so things can really bad really quick so we can get The Revolution™ started."
Picking the lesser of 2 evils is unfortunately how our system functions. And not voting at all ensures that the candidate you hate the most has an easier time winning. And I'd prefer if the worst candidate doesn't get power so we can actually change things for the better.
"Revolution now?"
"Not at the moment, I have too much shit going on and I don't need to go to prison or anything for some dumb shit. There are people depending on me."
Destroys society
"How about now?"
"I can't, I've got to keep my head down to survive"
I’m not buying that yet. I think the whole “oooh gen whatever is turning on biden” is a truckload of bullshit printed up by The Usual Suspects.
Voter participation has been very high even recently.
I will definitely vote for Biden, but his disgusting simping for Israel makes me a lot less inclined to donate money to his campaign. I might end up only donating to anti-Trump PACs instead.
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Your message seems to be addressed to someone who isn't voting for Biden.
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if you're voting for someone and not fighting with them after they win you're only doing half a democracy. people talk about "the lesser of two evils" but there's no realistic situation in which you agree with the person you're voting for on all things, so there is no strategy that doesn't include the "lesser evil". The fact is that Biden sucks shit. The other fact is that Trump is much worse on all things, including whatever you happen to be pissed of at Biden about. So the choice seems to be "do I spite the guy who pissed me off but actually make the situation worse, or do I do what's in my power to make the situation better, vote for the guy who pissed me off as a stopgap and then do everything I can to bully him into actually doing the right thing?"
Also, it is easy to say "I'm not voting for Biden, I want someone else" right now. There aren't any consequences.
But come November and suddenly the consequences become more immediate. Many more people say they will vote third party than actually do it once in the voting booth.