• SuspiciousUser@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    Everybody knows this. We’re just asking people to make the best choice given the circumstance. A protest vote against Harris isn’t going to teach them anything, a loss isn’t going to teach them anything. We’ll be left with a situation worse than we are in now.

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      1 hour ago

      They just can’t get this. Even Ross Perot, who had 18% of the vote- far better than any third party candidate since- didn’t change things.

      He didn’t, Nader didn’t, Jill Stein didn’t, none of the others did either.

      But this time… THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!

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        47 minutes ago

        Nader and Stein certainly changed things. They made them worse.

        Ross Perot also changed things, but arguably for the better.

        All by fucking with the election and getting the person on the opposite side of the aisle elected.

        Because that’s how the spoiler effect works.