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[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

As a long term strategy, or individual choice, this kind of logic leads to bad outcomes regardless as the lesser evil doesn't move a finger to improve things, which means the greater evil will win eventually regardless.

Furthermore, both parties are utterly despicable with their foreign policy, constantly participating in coups, invasions, economic warfare, bombing, and more, all while pretending to be doing it for a GOOD reason.

I believe the obvious solution is to get organized collectively and make democratic choices on short term actions (such as supporting the lesser evil) while simultaneously doing real stuff to combat against both, through learning and educating, protecting civilians, practicing mutual aid, fighting landlords and corporations with unions, etc. As it stands, intellectuals platformed by the same elites constantly argue about voting the lesser evil and little else, as threatening the system would go against the interests of those who own the media platforming them. So I'm not saying don't vote blue in a swing state or whatever else, all I'm saying is that our political involvement can't start and end there, because people are dying.