2020 wasā¦ truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didnāt get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.
My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year Iām going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. Iām done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year Iām gonna do my best to fight that.
best take. Dems donāt follow Biden religiously. Heās just better than the godawful alternatives that are on the otherside.
I will stay informed on the issues, but unless the GOP does a 180 on about most of their platform Iām kinda forced to vote Dem (Stop denying climate change, stop trying to de-humanize LGBTQ, stop the culture war shit, come up with a real gun control plan, those would be a start). Hooray 2 party system.
I just turn off the news now, all sources are meant to keep us angry in an āus vs themā situation and never really talk about the real issues, so instead of it just flare up my anxiety and anger Iām just going to keep my headphones on and play games. Someone ping me if suddenly the GOP decides to be pro-humanity again and I need to reconsider my vote.
I hate that Iāve been forced into this same position, I always thought I was open-minded and didnāt follow parties, but when the choice is a literal fascist trying to tear American democracy apart with the worst takes on every position and a generic semi-left-leaning politician trying to maintain the status quoā¦ I guess Iāll just stick with generic status quo, thatās pretty much the only rational choice for a sane individual. Even just sitting out the election isnāt an ethical choice, thatās surrendering to fascism.
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If Trump is the Republican nominee I would vote for Biden even if he was dead.
None of them this time around. Christie is a moderate, but he will be out pretty soon. Iām surprised heās hung on this long, although Iām happy that he has because he and Hutchinson are the only ones with the guts to tell the truth about Trump. Hutchinson hasnāt been polling high enough to be in the debates, but at least heās on the sidelines saying Trump is trash.
Out of the declared candidates, my preference would probably be Christie or Haley as the nominee. I still wouldnāt vote for them, but they would be better than the others if the Republicans somehow win.
Overall, itās a pretty piss poor field on both sides. If Biden was 15 years younger I would consider it a pretty solid ticket.
I hope Antony Blinken eventually runs. For me, heās the brightest star in a pretty solid administration. Best Secretary of State in decades.
