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The original post is very Pollyanna and ignores systemic and demographic problems that will never allow that level of domination.
I've been voting for 25 years and these things haven't happened, and I don't think they will ever happen.
It's a tad simplistic but it's on point because the left never shows up or votes 3rd party. If they showed up, it would be a big change.
I think the reason the left never shows up is because they don't exist in the numbers Internet wonks think they do.
Maybe, maybe not. But 3rd party instead of Gore cost him the election. I think the protest non voters cost Hillary the election. And in any case the target for discussion here is all these Lemmy users that don't vote in protest.
People who don't vote in protest are an example of how idiotic Americans are, and why I think the post is fallacious.
That's not a fallacy.
Oversimplification is a fallacy. "Just get everyone to vote" ignores a lot of other problems. Like the intelligence of the general public.
That's still not a fallacy.
It’s still wrong
Wrong (which I don't necessarily agree with) does not mean a fallacy. A fallacy is incorrect logic pathway. You can make a wrong argument and that does not make it a fallacy.
Tried and true Internet argument strategy of whining about an inconsequential detail instead of the issue at hand. Nice one.