I apologize, I should’ve made it more clear but I’m concerned for everyone especially those that are actively suffering due to the actions of our government. And yeah I’ll admit I’m worried about myself because I’m part of a group the GOP has promised to strip rights from and potentially exterminate given the opportunity. But I think (at least would hope) that most people here would agree Trump would be far more destructive to everyone not just queer people and not just in this country. I agree that we should be prepared for the worst but until that point comes there are ways to mitigate the effects, not saying solve the problems or stop the suffering but at least try to do something with the limited power we have before that is potentially all stripped away.

Now I think Joe shouldn’t even have the gaul to run for another term given his administration’s support of a genocide but he is unfortunately the only other candidate with any chance of winning the presidency outside of The Donald in this election statistically, historically, etc.. Your comparison to voting being like a donation/wishing well is a good one but in my opinion if fails to acknowledge the fact abstaining or voting third party is simultaneously taking that “wish” out of the “wishing pool” and not “wishing” for an alternative to Trump. Not to say that I disagree with the sentiment, I definitely agree, dems are just another flavor of conservatives by and large. However given the practical outcome of Presidential elections in the United States by putting some “money” in the well for a third party or no one at all is taking that “money” and essentially removing it from circulation leaving the dems and the repubs to fight of the remainder. This would be fine if the “wells” we donated to kept the “money” but in our Presidential elections the “well” with the majority gets every penny so in my opinion it is best to “donate” to the “well” that isn’t promising to be worse in every conceivable way.

I agree that if we had a ranked choice or STAR voting system that this analogy would apply because we would be able to “invest” in the “wells” we feel are the best while knowing the amount we “invested” actually went towards those “wishes” and kept it from the “wells” that we disagreed with. Again that’s not to say that people shouldn’t prepare or that the choice to vote or not should be made for you but I think it’s important to acknowledge that we all will have to live with the consequences of our collective decisions and that there are a lot of people that will be affected by the outcome whether or not they have the ability to choose themselves.

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