• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This is what you said:

    I don’t vote for someone unless I want them to win.

    So I guess you mean you only vote for people you fantasize about winning even if they have absolutely no chance?

    What does that achieve?

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      11 months ago

      sometimes the people I vote for win.

      but why would I ever have over someone if I didn’t want them to win?

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        11 months ago

        Because if you vote for a person who actually has a chance of winning, you actually make a difference.

        But sure. Jill Stein definitely has a chance of winning this time around. Not the last two times, but definitely this time.

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          11 months ago

          what do I care what their chances of winning are if I don’t want them to win? why would I have over someone if I don’t want them to win?

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            11 months ago

            So neither Trump nor Biden will do a single thing you want to happen or a single thing you want to stop happening that the other will not? Not one?

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              11 months ago

              that isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.

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                  11 months ago

                  I vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.

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                    11 months ago

                    No, that’s circular reasoning. That doesn’t explain why you do it. Although it sounds like you’re saying your vote is symbolic. I’m not sure why you bother voting at all in that case. No one will know you voted.