• sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    2 months ago
    1. we had trump, and world did not end
    2. we had biden, and we did not get saved
    3. American quality of life has been progressively eroded since 2000s by a large margin as result of voting for the 2 parties.

    How is voting for 2 parties going to get me out of this trajectory?

    also… “empathy” is that what Biden administration use when they supply Israel with tools of genocide? this is not a serious argument…

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      2 months ago

      We had Trump and the world did not end for you. If you live in the USA that makes you one of the privileged. I know many whose world did end. Good for you that you were not affected. But have empathy for those who where.

      We had Biden and much harm reduction was done. The downward slope was lessened. Imagine if Trump got a 4th Supreme Court justice! Imagine if Biden was not there to undo the explicitly harmful policies that hurt less privileged people. Biden winning increased in a notable and serious way those who are the least privileged.

      It may be true that the American quality of life has gone down. But voting 3rd party only makes it go down faster. If you just don’t care go for it. But the mathematics of FPTP systems mean that voting 3rd party only hurts your interests.

      Biden did not act with empathy when he gave supplies to Israel. But Trump will act with fleas and encouragement when he would give supplies to Israel.

      I encourage everyone to vote with empathy and think of the least privileged when voting everywhere.

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          2 months ago

          If you are interested in the topic of moral philosophy I have a few book recommendations. I appreciate that you are passionate. I just think an empathy driven ethics is the way to go.

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            2 months ago

            Empathy driven ethics is what’s causing people not to vote for the genocidal supporters in the Dem party. I can’t even blame them for having a red line that is basically “doing what Hitler did”.