CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCassidy Hutchinson Gives Dark Reason Why ‘Everybody Should Vote For Joe Biden’www.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down135
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkCassidy Hutchinson Gives Dark Reason Why ‘Everybody Should Vote For Joe Biden’www.huffpost.comCantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause if you vote for a person who actually has a chance of winning, you actually make a difference. But sure. Jill Stein definitely has a chance of winning this time around. Not the last two times, but definitely this time.
minus-squarefederatingIsTooHard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agowhat do I care what their chances of winning are if I don’t want them to win? why would I have over someone if I don’t want them to win?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo neither Trump nor Biden will do a single thing you want to happen or a single thing you want to stop happening that the other will not? Not one?
minus-squarefederatingIsTooHard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agothat isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAgain- what does that achieve if they have no chance of winning?
minus-squarefederatingIsTooHard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, that’s circular reasoning. That doesn’t explain why you do it. Although it sounds like you’re saying your vote is symbolic. I’m not sure why you bother voting at all in that case. No one will know you voted.
minus-squarefederatingIsTooHard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agocircular reasoning is internally consistent.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCircular reasoning is a logical fallacy. Why are you bothering to vote at all beyond mental masturbation?
Because if you vote for a person who actually has a chance of winning, you actually make a difference.
But sure. Jill Stein definitely has a chance of winning this time around. Not the last two times, but definitely this time.
what do I care what their chances of winning are if I don’t want them to win? why would I have over someone if I don’t want them to win?
So neither Trump nor Biden will do a single thing you want to happen or a single thing you want to stop happening that the other will not? Not one?
that isn’t my standard. my standard is whether I want someone to win. that’s why I vote for people.
Again- what does that achieve if they have no chance of winning?
I vote for the person that I want. that’s what it achieves it’s an end in itself.
No, that’s circular reasoning. That doesn’t explain why you do it. Although it sounds like you’re saying your vote is symbolic. I’m not sure why you bother voting at all in that case. No one will know you voted.
circular reasoning is internally consistent.
Circular reasoning is a logical fallacy.
Why are you bothering to vote at all beyond mental masturbation?