Nowhere did I say voting was sufficient or that America could/should be what it was. But on November 3rd, my options are either
Allow them to solidify their power in the eyes of international observers by throwing away my vote
Force their coup to be explicit by making them use violence against people exercising their democratic right to voice their opposition.
By some sliver of a chance, potentially reduce their destructive power by installing the crumbling old guard in a temporary holding pattern.
Of those options, 3 is very obviously the least shitty one. And you said yourself, America won’t be the same. Some of the people on the ballot are emphatically not the neolib old guard (hell, the dinosaurs are actively suppressing them) and have a growing base of support. My vote doesn’t have to give them total power to fix America, It’s worth 2 hours of my time to send a message.
Nowhere did I say voting was sufficient or that America could/should be what it was. But on November 3rd, my options are either
Of those options, 3 is very obviously the least shitty one. And you said yourself, America won’t be the same. Some of the people on the ballot are emphatically not the neolib old guard (hell, the dinosaurs are actively suppressing them) and have a growing base of support. My vote doesn’t have to give them total power to fix America, It’s worth 2 hours of my time to send a message.