2020 US Election Thread

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m now a capitalist

Voted for Biden

20 minute round trip walk

No wait

Well done, OH !
You also enjoyed a "European style" voting experience: no waiting. It's strange that US voters so often have to devote hours to queuing in order to vote.

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

With all the horrible **** he’s done it was those goddamn super spreader rallies that really kicked me over the edge.

I agree. I understand that people vote for Trump because they hope for faster change that way, but I don't think the Democrats will take the hint, and Trump is also very much the establishment. But more importantly, he's just been too inhumane

[OccultHawk]

In can’t tease elph for voting for Hillary anymore

[Lisnaholic]

That's a small price to pay for the bragging rights you have won: you can now take the moral high ground when the talk turns to Trump's anti-science, anti-truth, anti-democratic and anti-environment policies come up for discussion.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That's a small price to pay for the bragging rights you have won: you can now take the moral high ground when the talk turns to Trump's anti-science, anti-truth, anti-democratic and anti-environment policies come up for discussion.

I can’t take the high ground in twenty years and young kids ask me why didn’t you stop this environmental holocaust. I’ll be like Trump was worse and they’ll be like what’s worse than extinction. I can’t take the high ground when all those Obama Bush middle eastern war mongers start up with all their ****ing murder again. I can’t take the high ground when I’m asked why I made capitalism palatable again when I knew it was a philosophy and not a man killing the planet. I voted for evil. It’s nothing to be proud of. Blood will be on my hands.

[Paul Smeenus]

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can’t take the high ground in twenty years and young kids ask me why didn’t you stop this environmental holocaust. I’ll be like Trump was worse and they’ll be like what’s worse than extinction. I can’t take the high ground when all those Obama Bush middle eastern war mongers start up with all their ****ing murder again. I can’t take the high ground when I’m asked why I made capitalism palatable again when I knew it was a philosophy and not a man killing the planet. I voted for evil. It’s nothing to be proud of. Blood will be on my hands.

Yeah but you also voted against the other capitalist who locked children up in cages like animals

[donkeydoo]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can’t take the high ground in twenty years and young kids ask me why didn’t you stop this environmental holocaust. I’ll be like Trump was worse and they’ll be like what’s worse than extinction. I can’t take the high ground when all those Obama Bush middle eastern war mongers start up with all their ****ing murder again. I can’t take the high ground when I’m asked why I made capitalism palatable again when I knew it was a philosophy and not a man killing the planet. I voted for evil. It’s nothing to be proud of. Blood will be on my hands.

You'd tell that kid in the future, shut the f up and explain how binary choices work to them :P I find it interesting that you think we have some option to stop climate change that voting for Biden makes more difficult? I don't get this.

[Lisnaholic]

Yep, exactly as MM says, plus, as you indicated yourself, you voted against thousands of unnecessary deaths as the Trump admin advances with its head-in-the-sand policy of herd immunity. Already, Trump's bungling has caused an unnecessary death toll equivalent to about fifty 9/11s. Unnecessary = a better admin would have avoided them. That's a lot of people who died just because of Trump's misguided leadership. So to the young kids accusing you in 20 years, you might ask, "Your parents survive covid? That's thanks to my vote."

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I can’t take the high ground in twenty years and young kids ask me why didn’t you stop this environmental holocaust. I’ll be like Trump was worse and they’ll be like what’s worse than extinction. I can’t take the high ground when all those Obama Bush middle eastern war mongers start up with all their ****ing murder again. I can’t take the high ground when I’m asked why I made capitalism palatable again when I knew it was a philosophy and not a man killing the planet. I voted for evil. It’s nothing to be proud of. Blood will be on my hands.

The foreign policy thing is a problem,I admit, but aside from that, NOT voting isn't going to stop the environmental holocaust or bring down capitalism either.
(EDIT: which is pretty much donkeydoo's question )

[ribbons]

Returned from my polling station a short while ago - extremely fast process this time. Voted for Biden.