If Trump is elected and you didn't vote for Biden, you did not contribute to that. There is no fault with you. Biden chooses to not drop out for a stronger more popular candidate. The Democrats chose Biden. Biden is complicit with Genocide and is a war criminal, not voting for him is the least you can do for your morals.

 


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So, this is entirely wrong on many levels. Not voting in a singularly 2 party system for either candidate does contribute to a specific candidate winning, often the "wrong" one. The position you have described is one of immense privilege where either outcome will not affect the daily life of the voter. It is myopic and entirely incorrect to American politics.

Lesser Evil Voting (LEV) is the primary way American politics works. You can read more about it here: [https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-voting/](https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-voting/)

The only way to resolve America's larger voting issues and political sphere is to elect progressively more and more leftist leaders in states, which will raise the overall left-socialist appetite of the Democratic Party in general (assuming a 2 party system persists). This has to be across ALL states, not just traditionally blue states. We started seeing this during the 2020 election and there is significant hope on the horizon.

Abstaining from voting as a leftist or socialist has contributed directly to the rise of hyper conservatives in fascism for the past 20 years, and is the entire reason we got Trump in the first place.
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There isn't a Lesser evil though.
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There is a very obvious lesser evil. Trump is actively attempting to institute Christian ethno-facism via the Supreme Court and undermine every electoral process. 


The United States is a country founded in genocide - the lesser evil for this election is the one that doesn't undermine individual rights of our most at risk populations such as racial and religious minorities, women, the disabled, lgbtqia+, disabled, or those of lower socioeconomic status. In this case, Biden.


Biden, although supporting fascist regimes outside of the United States, did not inflict that behavior within the country as Trump did with his Covid denial and misinformation, forced separation of families at the border, or deporting American naturalized citizens back to their nation of birth. At the moment many people, my self included, are fighting for survival and rights to access medication, ever diminishing social wellness programs, and to rights the wrong from the first Trump presidency. If Trump is elected again it will be the same as his presidency was and vengefully more (as he has outlined numerous times).


Actual political engagement and change involves sacrifice of time. The majority of pseudo activists and politcos in Hasan's community do not understand the real world implications the impact the different presidencies have on federal aid or interact in any meaningful way to better their communities.
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