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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the trolley problem. One candidate wants to kill five people, the other "only" wants to kill one person. No matter what you do, it is guaranteed that one of them will get elected and kill at least one person - but if you try to use your vote to make the lesser evil slightly more probable - you are suddenly complicit.

Even worse - if the kill-one-person wins and kills that person, the kill-five-people candidate' supporters will be the ones to hold the kill-one-person voters accountable for it. Their candidate would have killed more people, but because he lost the elections he was not able to kill anyone, which somehow makes voting for him more ethical?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm shocked! Are you telling me there are people in real life with whom you can have nuanced conversation?!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who you vote for says a lot about what your priorities are and what your moral compass is willing to tolerate for what you see as the "greater good." When you vote for someone, you may not agree with everything they stand for but you absolutely do believe that overall what they stand for is more closely aligned with your political goals than the alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn't really reflect that much on you. Like, if my choices were Putin or Pol Pot, I don't think voting for Putin would say much about my moral compass. Obviously not voting would feel nicer, but feeling nice doesn't help much when the national average life experience drops to the mid teens.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Equating trump and biden is dishonest. Both in terms of what the average american experiences and at a distant policy level.

Saying "I dont care about things that dont immediately impact me" also says a lot about someones' moral compass and where their priorities are. There is no belief that doesnt say SOMETHING about a person.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Yeah, if this guy had voted for pol pot over putin (or the other way around, idk my instinct says pol pot was way worse.) It would absolutely say something about them as a person.

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