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“I Am Done Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils. I Will Not Vote for Joe Biden in 2024.” (inthesetimes.com)
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Former democratic party activists are organizing Muslims and Arab-Americans in Swing states to vote against Biden with the demand that he support a ceasefire in Gaza.

I'll allow them a little bit of electoralism this time.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think it boils down to a few factors.

  1. The difference is marginal. It's not worth getting too worked up about.
  2. Your impact is marginal, it's not a good idea to get an inflated sense of the value of casting a ballot. Your influence is immaterial in virtually all cases.
  3. Voting is fine if you have the time and nothing to do, its like any opportunity cost. If you are busy or it's raining or whatever weight that against the actual weight of what you would be doing going to cast a ballot and make a calculation about what's reasonable. Maybe there's a downballot issue you actually can affect or that matters more. But Sleepy Joe doesn't need you or, if you want good things, even want your support.
  4. I think it's okay to decide, in light of the above, that you dislike genocide enough that you won't vote for a geriatric who doesn't like you. It seems like all things considered it doesn't really matter much and obsessing over this guy is probably counterproductive.