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Post #1296793

2026-04-09 16:30 UTC

Voting is a practical, political act, not a moral one. Anyone that tells you different is tricking you.

Replies (5)

  • @brianary@lemmy.zip 2026-04-11 02:11

    If people critical of this could organize something more useful than lemmy downvotes, that would be a start. I'm just genuinely confused by anyone that feels like **not** voting accomplishes anything. _By definition_, it is inaction. And mathematically, voting third party is the same as not voting. Why not at least defend gay and trans people? You can still do whatever non-voting-related actions you were planning to do to improve things. I guess you're making your trolley problem choice. Honestly, the moral purity that has no impact just reads as vanity to me.

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  • @Ferrous@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 17:11

    So, you've got zero problem with Trump voters on moral grounds, correct? How could one possibly twist themselves into believing that a political act can somehow exist outside the realm of ethics and morality? Politics *is* ethics. Ethics are political. Why are you you trying to decouple these? Oh wait.... its because yall will do whatever mental gymnastics are needed to justify voting for a genocidal, former cop.

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  • @Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-09 20:34

    lol, america is so fucked

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  • @cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 17:33

    If you have to vote for someone who supports genocide you’re already fucked.

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  • @WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 01:31

    Why are act utilitarians so insufferably smug?

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