• pogt@lemmy.wtf
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    2 days ago

    It’s not that they suck. My problem with them, as an independent, is they’ve positioned themselves as the moral high ground party while in fact they have no moral leg to stand on. Their leadership had a historic moral test when it comes to the Gaza genocide and they failed it. They had another test to put a great candidate to prevent another Trump presidency, but they bowed down to their corporate masters and picked Kamala.

    It’s that level of fundamentalism and holier than thou attitude that alienates many people like me. They have zero fighting tactics against Republicans besides clutching pearls and shaming. Kamala’s website up until the election day had no “agenda section”. You can’t really tell what her campaign is about. I guess she’s perfect enough and shouldn’t be questioned, otherwise “racism and sexism”.

    They need a complete reset and redo of the party and its principles. Until then, I’m a non voter.

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      How could they replace Harris with anyone? The primary voters picked Biden/Harris and Biden stepped down so how do they select someone else? The new candidate would need to fundraise as the Biden/Harris campaign can’t immediately dismantle and shift all funding to the new candidate at the drop of a hat. The new candidate would have had to make the connections to the delegates the Biden/Harris campaign had already done.

      How do you think they could switch candidates to someone other than Harris months before the election?

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      I’m not disagreeing with anything you said but a non-voter is a trump voter.
      This is the reality you now face.
      You do understand how the trolley problem - and your electoral system works?

      • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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        A non vote is a non vote. A vote for “neither of these”.

        Abstinence is not a sexual position, either.

        And you understand we need to stop the trolley, not vote for people holding down the throttle, right?

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          Maybe there is a cultural difference because of our “compulsory” voting.
          I’m sure there are plenty of aussies that would agree with you but I feel a bit like: