• abracaDavid@lemmy.today
    912·
    2 days ago

    That’s not how this works. It is not a voters duty to vote for a candidate. The voter does not owe a candidate votes.

    Giving someone your vote is like giving them your personal political power. That’s why the popular vote works.

    The responsibility is on the party to put forth appropriate candidates that reflect the will of the people. It is up to them to sell themselves to us, not the other way around.

    In a democracy, all power is derived from the will of the people. They work for us. Not the other way around.

    It is up to the party to deliver appropriate candidates that will accurately reflect the will of the people.

    • hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de
      113·
      2 days ago

      When you live in a shit 2 party system and the choice is between Trump and absolutely anything else - you vote to prevent Trump !!

      I’m a European lefty, so I’m probably left of Bernie. Like him I’d have held my nose and voted blue.

    • WrenFeathers@lemmy.worldM
      143·
      2 days ago

      Under normal circumstances with two evenly opposed candidates, I’d 100% agree with you, and I think you’d be hard-pressed to find many others that wouldn’t.

      But we were just given a desperate eleventh hour opportunity to save our democracy against a man who blatantly admitted he will be a dictator. That he would use America’s military against her citizens. That he wants to help Israel “finish the job.”

      …and now, because of smug and arrogant third party/protest voters that cry mind-bogglingly arrogant nonsense such as;

      It’s not a voters duty to vote!

      we get trump. And with that, many… MANY people will lose their rights. All because your entitlement seems to have no limits and no concern for those that will be hurt in the next decade or two.

      So, please. Do me a favor and at least take a bow and collectively own what you all have done. It was a hell of an effort to not act when you were needed.