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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • It’s not terribly difficult to get on the ballot. But each state has their own requirement so the third party candidates you see may not be on every ballot nation wide.

    It’s not just the media that promotes the two candidates. It’s the billionaires and corporations who invest the most money in promoting someone they find favorable to their interests. Given the bankroll surrounding these two parties, the media really don’t have much choice but to reflect their advertising efforts.

    In the US, we have what’s called first past the post elections. That essentially means the first person the get the most votes wins. In this case, it’s electoral votes, not individual votes.

    Had the US had something like ranked choice voting or star voting in general elections, third party candidates would be given much more attention.

    Given the voting system we have, we mostly vote in a manner that prevents the election of the most popular candidate we don’t like.



  • This is what the people who forgot about Donald Trump say. Trump’s presidency was far more rewarding for Israel than either Russia or North Korea; arguably, even more rewarding than the US. This conflict wouldn’t have existed without Trump’s aid in the first place. If you think Biden or Harris are friends with Netanyahu, you are sorely mistaken.

    I’m voting for the person I trust to make a half a promising decision for calmness in the Middle East rather than the one who’s guaranteed to gladly trade the lives of Palestinians and Americans in exchange for authoritarianism. And if the person I choose to vote for (wins and) doesn’t live up to my expectations, if this person does not aid in Middle East tensions, I’ll still sleep well at night knowing how much more traumatic it would have been with the alternative.

    I give a shit about this world. I will not be part of the downfall of democracy and the promise of more lives lost and freedoms around this world revoked for the sake of someone’s ego and business dealings. I will not throw out my vote.

    I’m voting for Harris because I support a free Palestine. Because under Trump, Palestine is guaranteed to disappear.