NATION

PASSWORD

What Would It Take for You to Vote for Biden?

For discussion and debate about anything. (Not a roleplay related forum; out-of-character commentary only.)

Advertisement

Remove ads

How do you plan to vote? (Someone asked for this poll)

Biden (because I support Biden)
106
8%
Biden (because he's the lesser of two evils)
253
19%
Trump (for some reason)
264
20%
Third Party (or Independent)
117
9%
Write-In (maybe Bernie)
33
2%
I don't know right now
33
2%
I don't know (but I am not voting for Biden and/or Trump)
27
2%
I don't plan to vote
31
2%
I am against electoral politics
49
4%
I can't vote (under voting age, not a citizen, disenfrancisement, etc...)
428
32%
 
Total votes : 1341

User avatar
Nazeroth
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5060
Founded: Nov 16, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Nazeroth » Thu May 07, 2020 6:48 pm

Alcala-Cordel wrote:
Nazeroth wrote:
Is that what the left is calling joes condition now? Toning it down?



Democrats aren't the left. The left hates Biden and his policies.


I will believe that when i see serious effort

Though demexit and walkaway are doing ok
Comically Evil Member of the Anti-Democracy League
Government: Tyrannical Feudal Despotism
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you..."
"The meek will inherit nothing..."
"Behold and despair fools"
"We will sail to a billion worlds...we will sail until every light has been extinguished"

User avatar
South Odreria 2
Minister
 
Posts: 3102
Founded: Aug 26, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby South Odreria 2 » Thu May 07, 2020 7:05 pm

I'd do it for a hundred thousand dollars
Valrifell wrote:
Disregard whatever this poster says

User avatar
Idzequitch
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 16876
Founded: Apr 22, 2014
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise

Postby Idzequitch » Fri May 08, 2020 12:09 am

South Odreria 2 wrote:I'd do it for a hundred thousand dollars

Pretty sure vote buying is highly frowned upon.
Retirement Announcement
I'm temporarily permanently retired from NSG. Maybe.
Twenty-something, male, heterosexual, Protestant Christian. Politically unaffiliated libertarian-ish centrist.
Meyers-Briggs INFP.
Enneagram Type 9.
Political Compass Left/Right 0.13
Libertarian/Authoritarian -5.38
9Axes Results

I once believed in causes too, I had my pointless point of view, and life went on no matter who was wrong or right. - Billy Joel

User avatar
Mirjt
Diplomat
 
Posts: 621
Founded: Mar 23, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Mirjt » Fri May 08, 2020 12:38 am

Rojava Free State wrote:
Idzequitch wrote:Another couple of those in 2024 and 2028 and maybe the "3rd parties are a wasted vote because they can't win" argument will finally die the gruesome death it deserves. Or else the terrible options no one likes will run the country into the ground. Such are the risks I suppose.


That one guy: If you don't vote you have no right to complain.

Also that one guy: OH NO WHAT IS [X president he supported] DOING?! NOOOO


I've heard that argument (that if you don't vote you cannot complain) all my life, so much that I would never not vote. However, that does not mean I have to vote for one of the two major parties.

I personally disagree with the argument though. Democracy is more than a ballot box every couple years and just passively accepting what our elected officials do. Not voting is a legitimate part of democracy (though I personally think that a higher voter turnout is better and results in more democratic outcomes). Constantly discussing, negotiating, and pressuring elected officials (through non-electoral politics, especially as a protection for minority groups) during their terms is a part of Democracy too. Constantly demanding your viewpoints get represented or appealed to, even after you have your candidates is a part of Democracy to. That is not to say we don't let our elected officials govern (I am of the opinion that things like the Senate Filibuster, the unrestricted powers of Judicial Review, and the power of the Senate to completely block legislation from the House - though I can accept them reviewing, debating, editing, and slowing legislation - all prevent elected officials from governing) just that the people are still part of the process beyond just the ballot box. Of course, even in the purely electoral sphere, the U.S. needs a long list of electoral reforms, franchise expansion, congressional reforms, judicial reforms, constitutional reforms, campaign finance reforms, and minority protections (after all in a democracy you want majority rule, you want the majority to be unstagmated by a minority view, but you must give certain protections to the minorities in your population to prevent tyranny by the majority, if a minority is not reasonably protected then it cannot be expected to have its views represented and that would delegitimize any democracy).
Last edited by Mirjt on Sun May 10, 2020 1:45 am, edited 2 times in total.
About Me | RL Politics | Likes/Dislikes (WIP) | Mirjt's Stance on NS Stats | Mirjt's Factbooks
I'm back from my break from NationStates (though I may take another at any time)
I'm on an SSRI anti-depressant now.

“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ― Eugene V. Debs

User avatar
Inner Firatrundessia
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 42
Founded: May 09, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Inner Firatrundessia » Sat May 09, 2020 9:28 am

He needs to stop being a creepy rapist and then lying about it.

User avatar
Inner Firatrundessia
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 42
Founded: May 09, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Inner Firatrundessia » Sat May 09, 2020 9:29 am

Nazeroth wrote:
Alcala-Cordel wrote:

Democrats aren't the left. The left hates Biden and his policies.


I will believe that when i see serious effort

Though demexit and walkaway are doing ok


This is a fake 'movement' invented by republicans who think the democrats hate white men or some shit like that. Which is complete bull. The democratic party is 90% white males, and bows to the interests of white males.

User avatar
US-SSR
Minister
 
Posts: 2313
Founded: Aug 02, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby US-SSR » Sat May 09, 2020 11:00 am

Inner Firatrundessia wrote:He needs to stop being a creepy rapist and then lying about it.


Which one? The one who brags that he grabs 'em by the pussy, pays them off with campaign funds and attacks their characters and appearances? Or the one who says the allegations should be fully investigated?

Inner Firatrundessia wrote:
Nazeroth wrote:
I will believe that when i see serious effort

Though demexit and walkaway are doing ok


This is a fake 'movement' invented by republicans who think the democrats hate white men or some shit like that. Which is complete bull. The democratic party is 90% white males, and bows to the interests of white males.


Um no.

Image


Image


https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-voter-groups-20180320-story.html
Last edited by US-SSR on Sat May 09, 2020 11:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
8:46

We're not going to control the pandemic!

It is a slaughter and not just a political dispute.

"The scraps of narcissism, the rotten remnants of conspiracy theories, the offal of sour grievance, the half-eaten bits of resentment flow by. They do not cohere. But they move in the same, insistent current of self, self, self."

User avatar
Nazeroth
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5060
Founded: Nov 16, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Nazeroth » Sat May 09, 2020 11:11 am

US-SSR wrote:
Inner Firatrundessia wrote:He needs to stop being a creepy rapist and then lying about it.


Which one? The one who brags that he grabs 'em by the pussy, pays them off with campaign funds and attacks their characters and appearances? Or the one who says the allegations should be fully investigated?

Inner Firatrundessia wrote:
This is a fake 'movement' invented by republicans who think the democrats hate white men or some shit like that. Which is complete bull. The democratic party is 90% white males, and bows to the interests of white males.


Um no.

Image


Image


https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-voter-groups-20180320-story.html


Wierd, for being the party of "diversity" and "voices of color" it sure didn't take them long to put a old establishment white man on the pedastal :roll:
Comically Evil Member of the Anti-Democracy League
Government: Tyrannical Feudal Despotism
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you..."
"The meek will inherit nothing..."
"Behold and despair fools"
"We will sail to a billion worlds...we will sail until every light has been extinguished"

User avatar
Inner Firatrundessia
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 42
Founded: May 09, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Inner Firatrundessia » Sat May 09, 2020 11:35 am

US-SSR wrote:
Inner Firatrundessia wrote:He needs to stop being a creepy rapist and then lying about it.


Which one? The one who brags that he grabs 'em by the pussy, pays them off with campaign funds and attacks their characters and appearances? Or the one who says the allegations should be fully investigated?

Both of them are fucking gross. Yeah he called for an investigation, but he's also slandering Tara as a liar. And his supporters and the rest of the liberul '''''''''''feminist'''''''''''' media are spreading LIES and SLANDER about her.

I was nearly raped by my (now ex)stepfather. I kept quiet because I knew no one would believe me, because he's like the liberallest and wokest guy ever and "he would never act like that". People like YOU are why I never spoke up. People like YOU are why MILLIONS of womyn stay silent.

My half sister (his daughter) told me that he's apparently a biden supporter. Not surprised.

User avatar
Inner Firatrundessia
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 42
Founded: May 09, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Inner Firatrundessia » Sat May 09, 2020 11:40 am

Nazeroth wrote:
US-SSR wrote:
Which one? The one who brags that he grabs 'em by the pussy, pays them off with campaign funds and attacks their characters and appearances? Or the one who says the allegations should be fully investigated?



Um no.

Image


Image


https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-voter-groups-20180320-story.html


Wierd, for being the party of "diversity" and "voices of color" it sure didn't take them long to put a old establishment white man on the pedastal :roll:

Womyn of color often vote democrat because that the only party that even pretends to respect them. This is not a reflection on the democratic party establishment, which is still 90% white male dominated.

User avatar
Nazeroth
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5060
Founded: Nov 16, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Nazeroth » Sat May 09, 2020 11:42 am

Inner Firatrundessia wrote:
Nazeroth wrote:
Wierd, for being the party of "diversity" and "voices of color" it sure didn't take them long to put a old establishment white man on the pedastal :roll:

Womyn of color often vote democrat because that the only party that even pretends to respect them. This is not a reflection on the democratic party establishment, which is still 90% white male dominated.


yeah, that's why the party of women often sides with palestine and islamic patriarchy :rofl:
Comically Evil Member of the Anti-Democracy League
Government: Tyrannical Feudal Despotism
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you..."
"The meek will inherit nothing..."
"Behold and despair fools"
"We will sail to a billion worlds...we will sail until every light has been extinguished"

User avatar
The Huskar Social Union
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 58285
Founded: Apr 04, 2012
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Huskar Social Union » Sat May 09, 2020 11:43 am

Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious
Last edited by The Huskar Social Union on Sat May 09, 2020 11:43 am, edited 1 time in total.
Irish Nationalist from Belfast / Leftwing / Atheist / Alliance Party voter
"I never thought in terms of being a leader, i thought very simply in terms of helping people" - John Hume 1937 - 2020



I like Miniature painting, Tanks, English Gals, Video games and most importantly Cheese.


User avatar
Poskistan
Lobbyist
 
Posts: 21
Founded: Dec 21, 2016
Iron Fist Consumerists

Postby Poskistan » Sat May 09, 2020 11:46 am

Pledge to end the electoral college. Pledge to end FPP voting. Pledge to remove money from politics. Pledge to end gerrymandering. Pledge to institute term limits.
I’m boring and dry.

User avatar
Stellar Colonies
Senator
 
Posts: 4669
Founded: Mar 27, 2017
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Stellar Colonies » Sat May 09, 2020 11:59 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious

Probably because of the "man" and "men" in woman and women.

Words are sexist now..?
Native of The East Pacific & Northern California
Floofybit wrote:Your desired society should be one where you are submissive and controlled
Primitive Communism wrote:What bodily autonomy do men need?
If you want a mental image of me: straight(?) white male diagnosed with ASD.

I try to be objective, but I do have some biases.

Might be slowly going red over time.
Stellar Colonies is a loose confederacy comprised from most of the human-settled parts of the galaxy.

Ida Station is the only Confederate member state permitted to join the WA.

Add 1200 years for the date I use.

User avatar
Fahran
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 19482
Founded: Nov 13, 2017
Democratic Socialists

Postby Fahran » Sat May 09, 2020 12:33 pm

US-SSR wrote:Which one? The one who brags that he grabs 'em by the pussy, pays them off with campaign funds and attacks their characters and appearances? Or the one who says the allegations should be fully investigated?

Or we could, you know, just not vote for any sex pests?
"Then it was as if all the beauty of Ardha, devastating in its color and form and movement, recalled to him, more and more, the First Music, though reflected dimly. Thus Alnair wept bitterly, lamenting the notes which had begun to fade from his memory. He, who had composed the world's first poem upon spying a gazelle and who had played the world's first song upon encountering a dove perched upon a moringa, in beauty, now found only suffering and longing. Such it must be for all among the djinn, souls of flame and ash slowly dwindling to cinders in the elder days of the world."

- Song of the Fallen Star

User avatar
The Black Forrest
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 55646
Founded: Antiquity
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby The Black Forrest » Sat May 09, 2020 1:07 pm

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious


It’s actually older then people think.

In this use there is a branch of feminists who thing using man or men puts them less then men. They adopted womyn.

It’s be criticized by transwomen activists as those that use this word tend to want them excluded as being different....
*I am a master proofreader after I click Submit.
* There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with it's unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. -Trotskylvania
* Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver.
* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

User avatar
Nazeroth
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5060
Founded: Nov 16, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Nazeroth » Sat May 09, 2020 1:09 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious


It’s actually older then people think.

In this use there is a branch of feminists who thing using man or men puts them less then men. They adopted womyn.

It’s be criticized by transwomen activists as those that use this word tend to want them excluded as being different....


Maybe they shouldnt be bigots?
Comically Evil Member of the Anti-Democracy League
Government: Tyrannical Feudal Despotism
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you..."
"The meek will inherit nothing..."
"Behold and despair fools"
"We will sail to a billion worlds...we will sail until every light has been extinguished"

User avatar
The Black Forrest
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 55646
Founded: Antiquity
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby The Black Forrest » Sat May 09, 2020 1:11 pm

Nazeroth wrote:
The Black Forrest wrote:
It’s actually older then people think.

In this use there is a branch of feminists who thing using man or men puts them less then men. They adopted womyn.

It’s be criticized by transwomen activists as those that use this word tend to want them excluded as being different....


Maybe they shouldnt be bigots?


You would be more correct to say “Maybe people shouldn’t be bigots?”
*I am a master proofreader after I click Submit.
* There is actually a War on Christmas. But Christmas started it, with it's unparalleled aggression against the Thanksgiving Holiday, and now Christmas has seized much Lebensraum in November, and are pushing into October. The rest of us seek to repel these invaders, and push them back to the status quo ante bellum Black Friday border. -Trotskylvania
* Silence Is Golden But Duct Tape Is Silver.
* I felt like Ayn Rand cornered me at a party, and three minutes in I found my first objection to what she was saying, but she kept talking without interruption for ten more days. - Max Barry talking about Atlas Shrugged

User avatar
The Huskar Social Union
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 58285
Founded: Apr 04, 2012
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Huskar Social Union » Sat May 09, 2020 1:15 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious


It’s actually older then people think.

In this use there is a branch of feminists who thing using man or men puts them less then men. They adopted womyn.

It’s be criticized by transwomen activists as those that use this word tend to want them excluded as being different....

Huh, you learn something new every day.
Irish Nationalist from Belfast / Leftwing / Atheist / Alliance Party voter
"I never thought in terms of being a leader, i thought very simply in terms of helping people" - John Hume 1937 - 2020



I like Miniature painting, Tanks, English Gals, Video games and most importantly Cheese.


User avatar
Antityranicals
Minister
 
Posts: 2470
Founded: May 18, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Antityranicals » Sat May 09, 2020 1:19 pm

I'd vote for Biden if he were a Libertarian... :)
Compass: Right: 9.94, Libertarian: -5.84
Catholic Libertarian. Gov't has no authority, all authority is from God. God grants us free will, gov't should not infringe upon it. Legislating morality is wrong. Only exception is protecting rights to life, liberty, and property. Abortion is killing an infant, one of the few things gov't should prevent. Pro-Trump, he's been an effective weapon against real enemies of freedom: The Left, but I wish he were more for free trade, more against deficits. Unrestrained capitalism is a great thing; it does wonders for standards of living of everyone, especially the poor.
HS student in the USA. Male. XC runner, 17:30 5k, 4:59 mile. I enjoy singing, sushi, eating large quantities of food, and eating large quantities of sushi.

User avatar
Fahran
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 19482
Founded: Nov 13, 2017
Democratic Socialists

Postby Fahran » Sat May 09, 2020 1:59 pm

The Black Forrest wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Why are you saying Womyn instead of Women? Just curious


It’s actually older then people think.

In this use there is a branch of feminists who thing using man or men puts them less then men. They adopted womyn.

It’s be criticized by transwomen activists as those that use this word tend to want them excluded as being different....

It's a bit silly, either way.
"Then it was as if all the beauty of Ardha, devastating in its color and form and movement, recalled to him, more and more, the First Music, though reflected dimly. Thus Alnair wept bitterly, lamenting the notes which had begun to fade from his memory. He, who had composed the world's first poem upon spying a gazelle and who had played the world's first song upon encountering a dove perched upon a moringa, in beauty, now found only suffering and longing. Such it must be for all among the djinn, souls of flame and ash slowly dwindling to cinders in the elder days of the world."

- Song of the Fallen Star

User avatar
Nazeroth
Negotiator
 
Posts: 5060
Founded: Nov 16, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Nazeroth » Sat May 09, 2020 11:28 pm

Comically Evil Member of the Anti-Democracy League
Government: Tyrannical Feudal Despotism
"Crush your enemies, see them driven before you..."
"The meek will inherit nothing..."
"Behold and despair fools"
"We will sail to a billion worlds...we will sail until every light has been extinguished"

User avatar
Mirjt
Diplomat
 
Posts: 621
Founded: Mar 23, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Mirjt » Sun May 10, 2020 1:41 am

Antityranicals wrote:I'd vote for Biden if he were a Libertarian... :)


When you say libertarian, do you mean the right-wing libertarianism that is associated with the word in the U.S. (right-wing libertarians are mostly just anarcho-capitalists and night-watcher minarchists)? or do you mean libertarian socialism? or do you mean the 2-D political compass's vision of libertarianism?
About Me | RL Politics | Likes/Dislikes (WIP) | Mirjt's Stance on NS Stats | Mirjt's Factbooks
I'm back from my break from NationStates (though I may take another at any time)
I'm on an SSRI anti-depressant now.

“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ― Eugene V. Debs

User avatar
Rojava Free State
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 19428
Founded: Feb 06, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 10, 2020 6:34 am

Nazeroth wrote:
Alcala-Cordel wrote:

Democrats aren't the left. The left hates Biden and his policies.


I will believe that when i see serious effort

Though demexit and walkaway are doing ok


Biden is only left wing in America. Outside of America he would be a centrist.

Think about it. What is so leftwing about helping corporations to continue looting America? What is left wing about ending social security? And what is leftwing about blowing kids to shreds with drones? Nothing, but in America you have the democrats and Republicans and they're the two major parties, so we based our political perceptions on where they stand on issues.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

User avatar
Rojava Free State
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 19428
Founded: Feb 06, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Rojava Free State » Sun May 10, 2020 6:36 am

Inner Firatrundessia wrote:
Nazeroth wrote:
Wierd, for being the party of "diversity" and "voices of color" it sure didn't take them long to put a old establishment white man on the pedastal :roll:

Womyn of color often vote democrat because that the only party that even pretends to respect them. This is not a reflection on the democratic party establishment, which is still 90% white male dominated.


Bad news. When the party is mostly women and people of color, you likely still won't have rights.

Don't believe me? Ask the latinos in latino countries how their governments treat them.
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.

PreviousNext

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Czechostan, Eahland, Emotional Support Crocodile, Fartsniffage, Google [Bot], Ifreann, Kenmoria, Oceasia, Phage, Port Caverton, Rhodevus, Stellar Colonies, Swimington, The Rio Grande River Basin, Vistulange

Advertisement

Remove ads