PHOENIX (AP) – The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.

  • Potatofish@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Nah, the number one reason to vote lately is to prevent Trump from pissing all over democracy. Even Republicans are joining in.

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        11 months ago

        We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.

        Not that that’s any better, but there is a difference between the two

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          11 months ago

          We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.

          Things Republicans say when defending voter suppression.

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            11 months ago

            That’s not blue, it’s aqua! Both are blue Karen!

            A Republic has a Consitution that separates power away from a single person.

            A true Democracy has no means of protecting against a tyrant.

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              11 months ago

              If you don’t want me pointing out that you’re using the same argument here that Republicans use when they’re defending voter suppression, select a different argument than the one Republicans use when they’re defending voter suppression.

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                11 months ago

                It’s not an argument, it’s a factual statement. There is no debate here. I stated the fact that we are a republic, not a democracy. Am I happy with it? No. So I support it? No.

                It’s not an argument. It’s not a debate. It’s not a defense. It’s just a fact.

                You interpreting this as anything else is entirely your fault.

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              11 months ago

              That’s the point of Political discussion, to grow your arguments and to learn from mistakes. It isn’t to convince someone to chance their position, that is impossible.

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          “That’s not a dog, it’s a German Shepard.”

          A republic is a kind of democracy.