• CumWeedPoop@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 month ago

    So really I think the Dems could have had a unicorn candidate (Bernie) and they still would have lost this election, because enough people only vote for themselves.

    I always vote “for myself” which meant voting for Harris. Her policies are more in line with my best interests than all that maga bullshit.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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      1 month ago

      By “vote for themselves” I meant people voting based on the outcome for them personally. My being a white male allows me a large amount of privilege in this country, and so I choose to use my vote to help others (knowing it doesn’t put us anywhere close to being treated equal overall). So my vote for Harris was to help women, people of color, immigrants, the kids (who are going to have education decimated now and white washed so much more than it already has been), and for trans kids/adults, for everyone in the LGBTQ+ orbit, and on and on. What would benefit me didn’t even play into it, because I’d be fine comparatively (minus the anxiety/depression that Trump causes).