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A moral dilemma doesn't go away if you close your eyes.

Forgive me if, when presented with the trolley problem and the person on track b would die anyways if I did not pull the lever, if I pulled that lever instead of ignoring everything and/or jumping off a cliff. The political situation is bleak here, and the machine is designed to keep Americans placated, disenfranchised, and generally apathetic. We don't have coalition voting. We don't have ranked choice, and it's even banned in certain states! If there's a proper alternative to Biden in this country, that information has to be disseminated to hundreds of millions and convince them to change their vote. It's possible that someone could come along but they'd have to work fast I sure as hell don't see anyone with that kind of rallying power. Do you have any suggestions on who I should vote for?.. Because my choice is first and foremost in the interest of overall harm reduction in whatever practical terms that can actually be accomplished in this country.

Declining to vote in this system is, effectively, silently endorsing whoever gets in; it signals that you're ok with everything, or at least it gets interpreted that way by politicians 100x more than any sort of "protest" effect you think not voting will achieve. Literally if you don't vote for a politician why should they care what the fuck you think? One party doesn't even want us voting at all because it means they can give less of a fuck about us! Frankly, I don't want to see the orange man in office again, and he will be worse than even self-professed Zionist Joe on matters pertaining to the rest of the world. Again, I'm open to an alternative if you can give me one that's not sticking my head in the sand or some fetishistic "revolution" way too many people pine for without having a single ounce of solidarity in their real lives.

What if you don't vote for Biden, what happens then?

If you don't vote for Biden, you're okay with a Trump victory.

Kind regards, sane people.

Dear rest of the world, why haven't you stopped it? And don't say anything about a nonbinding UN resolution.

So many years I've heard Americans complain, rightly so, about the duopoly farming your insecurities for profits. Each cycle the duopoly gets worse and worse. Again we're at a point where it seems they can't stoop any lower, and again most seemingly progressive Americans suddenly become incredibly pragmatist, excusing genocide, destruction of the environment, war in Europe, cold war 2.0, because "the alternative is worse". Fuck that from the rest of the world that has to live under your megalomanic geriatric child killing leaders. You need to find a solution, and voting for the lesser evil just ain't it, because it is already so incredible destructive and outright barbarian. Make a third way, engage Trump voters on their home turf, make a revolution, I don't care, just leave us the fuck alone. Thank you.