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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Our choices were Fascism or Corporatism. Why wouldn't we blame the parties?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I blame the Democratic party as much as anybody else for not being progressive enough, but nobody can blame a party for their own decision not to vote.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Are you one of the people who consider voting third party to be tantamount to not voting?

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

I think he's referring to people who didn't vote because "both sides are bad"

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, voting third party is different from not voting, but in some situations (like when there's a danger of someone like Trump winning), voting for the most viable candidate is far more rational than voting for a guaranteed loser to send the system a wholly ineffectual message that you're not happy with it. In that case you're just jerking off in the corner.