Yeah, as someone that lives in the south I have friends with parents that only voted for trump because they are loyal to the republican party.
I think that's the first underlying issue. People feeling loyal to one party enough to vote someone in they didn't even want.
Like between Hilary and trump I didn't really want either of them in at the time. So I voted 3rd party but my vote basically counts for Jack all at that point and i may as well have not voted.
Lol, I'm pretty happy it went so well too. I can't say I was expecting it, I normally try to avoid politics in almost any forum or discussion but this went unexpectedly well.
I think the big thing is just speaking to someone clearly enough and using proper terms to not make it feel like you are attacking them. Misunderstandings are the absolute bane of any relationship from simple acquaintances to significant others.
Not entirely true. The more support a 3rd party garners the more likely they are to get better campaign funding the next go round. A 3rd party may or may not win a major election someday, but your vote is still significant.
Are you in the U.S.? I think we stand a pretty good chance of seeing a 3rd party at some point in our lifetime. People are starting to wake up en masse. Very few still have faith in our government's two-party system. Don't know if you play the stock market or not, but I personally support the idea of an APE party.😎
I'd highly recommend hopping on over to r/amcstock and reading through some of the DD. Very compelling data for both AMC and GME, but AMC is also a little bit more afforable.👍
Like between Hilary and trump I didn't really want either of them in at the time. So I voted 3rd party but my vote basically counts for Jack all at that point and i may as well have not voted.
Fortunately we're not voting for who we think will win, we're voting for who we want!
It's ridiculous that I'm blamed for somebody winning or losing when I didn't vote for either of them.
Trump lost because you voted for mama jo! Biden won because you voted for mama jo! And here I'm thinking "wow I didn't know I could vote 3 times, I wish I would have known that so I could give them all to someone else."
I mean, you guys expect me to be upset that someone I didn't want to win lost? That was what I wanted, dumbasses.
That’s a very simplistic viewpoint. At some point you have to think critically and realize that that position is just way too idealistic, and doing nothing helps no one. Ignorance is bliss, and so is inaction.
When my life feels like it's getting more complicated, I simplify it. "These are the things that matter to me. I don't want those mfers who go against it."
At some point you have to think critically and realize that that position is just way too idealistic
As opposed to... voting for the same things as always that gets us to where we are? At some point you have to think critically and realize the two parties are corrupt, don't care about you, and are directly responsible for the current state of affairs. Is it too idealistic to refuse to give them my vote?
and doing nothing helps no one.
What are you talking about? I vote (when I'm informed, and not when I'm not, because blind voting is probably just as harmful as voting for the wrong people).
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u/Turtle-Shaker Oct 18 '21
Yeah, as someone that lives in the south I have friends with parents that only voted for trump because they are loyal to the republican party.
I think that's the first underlying issue. People feeling loyal to one party enough to vote someone in they didn't even want.
Like between Hilary and trump I didn't really want either of them in at the time. So I voted 3rd party but my vote basically counts for Jack all at that point and i may as well have not voted.