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Qabea wrote:

Jello Biafra wrote:I intend to vote for Biden as the lesser of two evils. I had decided that I wouldn't hold my nose and vote for Hillary as the lesser of two evils but hoped that she would win anyway, and that turned out incredibly poorly. Not making that same mistake again.

People in this thread have talked about the possibility of Biden actually showing himself to be the greater of two evils. So if that happened, how would you vote?

Jello Biafra wrote:

Qabea wrote:People in this thread have talked about the possibility of Biden actually showing himself to be the greater of two evils. So if that happened, how would you vote?

I'm not really sure if that's possible, as it's difficult to be more evil than Trump is. If that should happen, I'd vote third party, or write someone in.

The United Provinces of North America wrote:

Qabea wrote:Trust me, they understand American politics. Probably more than you tbh.

The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

The United Provinces of North America wrote:The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

Nuroblav wrote:

The United Provinces of North America wrote:The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

Where would that put me and other anarchists then?

The Two Jerseys wrote:

Nuroblav wrote:Where would that put me and other anarchists then?

At the top of the chart.

Nuroblav wrote:

The Two Jerseys wrote:At the top of the chart.

The top of what chart?

The Two Jerseys wrote:

Nuroblav wrote:The top of what chart?

Pick a political compass chart, most of them put libertarians/anarchists at the top.

The United Provinces of North America wrote:

Qabea wrote:At best they're centrists... But at least in my observation, their adherence to the same neoliberal and neoconservative politics that define the GOP makes them center-right.

Yeah, they're off the right edge of the political compass cliff right-wing. If you thought someone said otherwise, you're either putting words in their mouth or taking them out of context.

People like me must be European and Canadian shills then, because I agree with most of the points made by the people arguing against you. Just because they're from somewhere else doesn't make their opinion invalid, that's a fallacious way to think.

No. But when people think of the Left wing here without understanding American politics, and have no idea wtf they are talking about they shouldn't be here.

The United Provinces of North America wrote:The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

Elwher wrote:

The United Provinces of North America wrote:The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

Nuroblav wrote:

Elwher wrote:
The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

Some from left and right don't believe in having a government at all.

Elwher wrote:The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

The Two Jerseys wrote:

Nuroblav wrote:The top of what chart?

Pick a political compass chart, most of them put libertarians/anarchists at the top.

Elwher wrote:

The United Provinces of North America wrote:The Left believes in Big Government, while the Right believes in Small Government.

The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

Fahran wrote:

Nuroblav wrote:Some from left and right don't believe in having a government at all.

And that's what we call a bad take.

Elwher wrote:The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

I believe in good and prudent government. It's size is of little importance.

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:As the old adage goes, "size doesn't matter."

Picairn wrote:

West Leas Oros 2 wrote:As the old adage goes, "size doesn't matter."

Except when you need to streamline the bureaucratic process by cutting unnecessary red tape.

Cisairse wrote:

Elwher wrote:
The left believes in big government, while the right believes in big government. The only difference is what they want the big government to do.

This is also not true.

Elwher wrote:

Cisairse wrote:
This is also not true.

As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Elwher wrote:
As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

... Not really? The right wants small government.

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Elwher wrote:
As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

... Not really? The right wants small government.

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Elwher wrote:
As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

... Not really? The right wants small government.

Elwher wrote:

Cisairse wrote:
This is also not true.

As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Elwher wrote:
As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

... Not really? The right wants small government.

Diopolis wrote:

Elwher wrote:
As a rule, although there are of course exceptions:

The left wants a government big enough to make life fair for the poor and disadvantaged, and the right wants a government big enough to make life fair for the rich and privileged.

This is of course false.
The left wants a government big enough to punish poor right wingers, the right wants a government big enough to punish poor left wingers. Neither of them give two shits about making life better for anyone.