• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Kinda takes some mental gymnastics to even pretend these two ideas are at odds. It takes a small percentage to win or lose an election… If you know you’re already basically guaranteed to get a large percentage of the vote. Something zero third parties have ever been in a position to claim.

    Or, more likely, op is pretending not to understand this extremely simple reality.

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      9 days ago

      Always on the side of nuanced ideas and rational thinking. I’m getting to the point that I can tell it’s you without having looked the the name.

      Love it!!

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      9 days ago

      Indeed. In pirate circles there is a saying about not paying for the product even if piracy was not an option. Thereby, I would not vote for you even if there were truly only two options.

      Assuming third party and non-voters vote Democrat is silly. To become a silly goose, assume all votes carry the same weight in the USA. Even sillier geese scapegoat others for their losses instead of reflecting on why they lost.

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        8 days ago

        No one is telling people what they would’ve done. It’s what they should’ve done. Unless the goal is to help Republicans, in which case they’re getting the exact desired outcome. Which, from the way people talk about this extremely simple reality like they just cannot get it, seems the most likely truth of the matter.