Not a Biden fan, but this has been in my mind for a while now. 
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The fact that there is a binary choice between these two revolting scumbags, meaning the Dems can nominate who ever they want and people feel forced to agree with them because the other is fucking *Donald Trump*, and the fact that being forced to make this binary choice doesn’t make Americans violently rise up to change their electoral system… baffles me
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So let's throw a temper tantrum about it instead of stopping the impending coup with 4 more years of a Democrat in the White House.  It's obviously too late to gamble on throwing another candidate in the ring.
user
Take me in good faith here... This happened in 2016 and 2020 and now 2024. Suck it up and accept the Dem candidate because they're *not Trump*. What if it happens again in 2028 against Trump, DeSantis, or whoever else succeeds them? When does it end? The Democratic party can dictate you vote for whoever they so choose, even if they're *awful*, because your *single* alternative is gonna be a fascist. When and how does it end, and will it?
assistant
Wouldn't it end if people voted for a progressive in the primary? No one is dictating anything. It's just democracy.
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*The* primary *for the Democratic party*. One of two viable options. In which the Democratic Party can do what they did to Sanders again and again. A true leftist shouldn’t have to join a centrist party. There should be more than two parties who you can vote for without gobshites telling you you are throwing your vote away (and those gobshites being mostly correct in that).

Many, many countries have more than two parties worth voting for. Ireland has 3 parties that could all be a majority gov under the right circumstances. Even Britain which was formerly considered two-party has the Lib Dems on 70+ seats now. France has a 3 way battle for who can take power etc etc

It’s not ‘just democracy’ it’s an exceptionally shit form of democracy.
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