“voting doesn’t work anyway” *voting doesn’t work as quickly as you would like it to* I was CLAPPING IN MY ROOM still am clapping tbh, that line ate the whole video ate but that line was amazing
@@ButMadNNW626 yes! it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy! that’s how I feel about third-party voting, too-if most people vote “strategically” because they believe it’d be useless to give any third party nominee a chance, the incumbent parties will stay incumbent here. Nicque makes some amazing points though as to why you need to really consider what you’re doing, in this election, though. I, personally, always thought I’d never vote for an incumbent-party candidate because I want to be part of the movement enacting change, not part of the movement that’s scared to go “too far”, but I’m also not going to vote for a candidate that’s not even seriously in the running, and I feel like this election cycle the only third-party candidate that made any lasting impact was RFK, who was ofc just, like, the Dr. Pibb of Trumpism :/ if there were a serious option, even a serious option that wasn’t going to win, but could still make a difference, who I align with in beliefs more than the Harris/Walz team, I’ll vote for them, because I truly believe we can’t change the strategic voting system by continuing to vote strategically. But to me it’s not strategic voting to consider that, like she said, there’s no messiah coming who’s suddenly going to sway public opinion on Gaza… so as much as I wish there were a candidate that didn’t support genocide, I have to admit that Kamala Harris IS a very progressive choice and it’d be unfair to say she’s evil just because she’s the democratic nominee and I hate the DNC. Nicque talked about how her DBT sessions helped her see things more clearly, and I honestly relate to her so much every time she brings that up in a political talk, because seriously!! I know there’s a little part of me that’s hoping the “messiah” as she put it will come! I know there’s a part of me that wants to cross my arms and pout in a corner because it makes me feel icky to engage with these awful politicians with skeletons in the closet and money flowing into their pockets from evil corporations. But that little part of me is _hope_, that something good will happen, maybe, instead of the clear path ahead, and I’ve found space to hold onto that hope while also holding space to think rationally. Honestly DBT is amazing, I wish everyone could at least get a crash course on the core principles of it, lol. Sorry that whole thing is so long, you just made me think more about the topic lol djkjfsdfg
As people have said before, if voting didn't work, the people trying to get Trump in office wouldn't be currently trying to enact blatant voter suppression.
Ok. I'll bite. How long do we have to wait before we can say voting now doesn't work? The VA system for veterans has been getting worse and worse since Reagan was president. 40 years. 10 presidential voting cycles. Both parties in power. So truly, how long before we can neither are going to do a thing? How long before we say voting just doesn't work when neither party is going to actually work for the people?
Killer Mike even stated that you shouldn't just wait for the big election. Go to the smaller elections that affects our courts, judges, schools etc. Gotta really be active in this.
Jill Stein is not serious candidate nor is th green party why do I say this because they are not actually trying to help them they don't ever run local elections or anything they always just run for president who will that work Imagine she president what about the house and th senet she would literally have no power or anything I can go more into why they are not serious Look at the UK and France the third party there actually did the work from local to president
@@Solscapes. He never did that. Killer Mike is one the most vocal ACAB political rappers in the industry. A quick google search would prove you wrong even if someone didn't follow his career closely. I'm reporting you for misinformation,
Totally stealing: "Its not a choice between Lex Luthor and Superman. It's a choice between Lex Luthor and the Joker. Who do you think I'm going to vote for? Both are bad. Yeah, Luthor is corrupt, but the Joker blows up hospitals."
"Do you have any idea how much power I would have to give up to be president?" Luther would totally let a competent cabinet run everything while Joker would let his fellow Arhkam Asylum inmates run things
@@Solscapes. All American presidents since WW2 have taken actions that led, directly or indirectly, to the destruction of hospitals in other countries. You're missing the forest for the trees. The point is that CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT CHOICE.
@Carbon.Rose914 Right?! And they certainly didn't sign off on the dronestriking of any childrens' hospitals. They didn't sign off on the Patriot Act. Biden didn't build Trump's wall or institute his tarriffs. It certainly wasn't democrats who called the national guard on blm. (💜)
I've tried to explain it to people as: You have a choice between somebody who wants to stab you and somebody who doesn't want to stab you. Sure, one of those people might not be doing all that much to HELP you, but at least they aren't EFFING STABBING YOU.
@@Nick-o-time Did the one waving their knife out in the open convince you that the other one is _hiding_ a knife so that you wouldn't run away from them?
I got exactly one thing to say about you being a black veteran: I salute you. I know myself well enough to say I could never. I mean like. Physically. Emotionally. Socially. Psychologically. The fact that you have is impressive on multiple levels and I for one *will* acknowledge that. Also the entire everything else in this video. All the uncomfortable truths that need speaking, need acknowledging. Thank you for your service.
Thank you so much for this. As someone pro palestine, I encourage everyone who lives in the states (especially minorities) to vote for kamala. She might be a zionist, but how are you gonna fight for palestinian rights if tr^mp is in office? Genuine question. Most american pro palestine activists are minorities. People of color, queers, single parents, disabled folks, etc. Don't think for a second that if tr^mp is in office, he will let y'all have freedom of speech. Commies need to wake tf up and realise this is not the time for 3rd party. They should've promoted and supported said 3rd party 4 years ago, not 3 months before the election 🤦🏽♀️
Given the fact that I am an atheist, my parents are rapidly aging towards crippling medical situations, and most of my friends (including my sister and her girlfriend) are somewhere on the LGBTQIA+ AND neurodivergent spectrums, I am in a position where I cannot AFFORD to not vote or stay a political creature, despite the fact that I can “pass” as the most privileged kind of person on the planet right now.
As someone who's closer to far than center left, both parties have bad things but god does one party and one candidate have done the worst things of the 2 and in general... You said really well, nuance, absence of voting means givjng power away like it happened in Italy with young ppl not voting, the biggest recorded political absence and far right party winning. It may not be the very best , but its better and it surely is the best out the 2. Plrnty of people forget legal and especially social change takes long time. Every step forwards towards the goal matters even if said step forward still has discrimination in it, its lesser than it was before, the less the better and none the best but in the path for progress , each step forward towards less and less discrimination counts... Just because that step isnt directly the final destination doesnt mean the path and its steps towards it dont count or dont matter.
Very well said and I'm also really excited we could FINALLY have a woman president! I literally didn't think I would ever get to see that and I am NOT THAT OLD! 🥲🤩🥰
And, which party didn't help build Trump's wall, fund genocide, strengthen the police state, and enable prison slavers? Because the republicans and democrats both did.
It pisses me off so much that people don't understand radical acceptance. I've been disgustingly pragmatic my whole life and it drives me crazy that people will choose unrealistic optimism over reality. This video reflects a lot of my own views, and I appreciate it a lot.
It’s perfectly okay to be idealistic and optimistic during the primary, but when we hit the general election we have to leave the bubble of the party’s microcosm and actually try to make those ideals work in reality. We need to hope for THE BEST WE CAN PRACTICALLY GET, rather than demanding the best we want.
@@caffeinedelusionsYou are so right, i dislike Kamala as a person but i’m going to vote for her just so i can participate; its all or nothing our ancestors didn’t die for us to just lay down and give up.
@@antwonewilliams2184 Better the devil you know, they know that despite the ideological issues, and some of the worst parts of the Democratic party, they're still safer to vote for than a twice impeached, convicted felon, who wanks off to tyrants.
Trump has literally said if he wins, no one will have to vote again. If that's not a warning to pay attention to, I'm not sure what is. Thank you for your perspective on this!
@@miidnxghts Every election is the most important election in history and is a life or death situation for democracy and freedom so if a guy runs on the platform "I'm going to fix everything", get things "back to normal", make it "great again", in a country where a lot of people don't vote, then it wouldn't strike as unusual to jokingly beg "vote for me just this once and you won't have to worry about it again" The takeaway to me would be that he's just begging for votes using the same rhetoric as before
I would like to add that politics is a team sport, and while the president is the most important single position, they still need a team backing them up. Congressional Representatives, Senators, Governors, Justices, and more. Even voting for your local school board matters.
This!!! Half of the presidential campaign promises (especially so when it comes to anything with money) needs congress backing. A split, hostile to the president congress automatically hamstrings their platform. You want a ceasefire and no weapons or money going to Israel? Then you need a heck of a lot of new senators and representatives elected across every state this and '26 elections
I honestly don't remember a time when it was sane to say both parties are the same. Although once the neoliberals started coming along, they did get a lot closer for a bit. I do remember exactly where I was when Obama was declared the winner in 2008. I was flipping between news channels, so I don't remember which one I had landed on, but they had the electoral map up, and they were showing Ohio, and they turned Ohio blue. Oh I cried. First time in my life that I felt like the "American Dream" actually applied to me. Doesn't mean I worshiped him. He was a man. Just a man. Intelligent. Well spoken. Kind. Actually loves his wife and children. But still just a man.
You could say "both parties are the same" in regards to both Obama's presidencies. At the time, the two biggest issues were the great recession and queer rights. Neither side had a good track record with the latter, and both had proposals that I, quite frankly, did not understand for the former. But neither side vehemently called for the erasure/criminalization of a minority. Today, even speaking about minorities to children could lose you your career in some states. Medical professionals are forced to let patients suffer in order to save their careers. Parents can lose custody of their children if they get them medical care. In some states, you can be arrested for wearing clothing traditionally assigned to the opposite sex around children. Some states are trying to force religious indoctrination on children in public schools - with or without parental consent. And that all comes from the side of "religious freedom" and "small government."
I also remember where I was when Obama was declared the winner. I was driving home from work and stopped at a red light just as the news came over the radio. My hands flew up off the steering wheel in victorious excitement, then crashed back down the next second because the news reader announced in the next breath that Prop 8 had passed. (For those who don’t remember or weren’t paying attention to us in California, Prop 8 declared that marriage was only legal between a man and a woman and, because we’d already been allowing same-sex marriages, created three classes of state citizens: straight people, legally married gay people, and gay people prohibited from marriage. I’m so glad that mess is behind us.)
@@ButMadNNW626 I do remember hearing about prop 8. I was in Colorado at the time, so it was probably a bigger story than it would have been if I'd been back in Ohio, but I do remember hearing about that. Fortunately, 2015 happened. By that point, I was back in Ohio, in the city where Obergfell v Hodges started. June 26th, SCOTUS decided, June 27th happened to be the same day of our Pride parade. "Joy" is just not a strong enough word for the atmosphere that day. And June 28th, in my mainline Christian Church, our pastor told us to be patient with those who are going to have trouble accepting the ruling that Friday, but that they would have to get over it, because if a same sex couple wanted to get married in that church by our clergy, they were welcome to.
I mean, Trump has REPEATEDLY stated that he isn't associated with Project 25. Plus, democrats have had radical plans too, so I don't understand why people are acting like this is so shocking. Note: I'm not a Trump, nor Harris supporter. I have equally weighted reasons to disagree with both of their policies, and no matter who wins, my world is ruined.
Which is literally just this years edition of the plan the heritage foundation has put out for decades and much of the goals they’ve had over the years has been accomplished with little pushback from democrats. Sorry it took a catchy TikTok video for you to notice
I remember Trump getting elected during my time in Middle School and we watched it pretty much all day via projector- When Trump said "I solemnly swear" as a part of his election, the kid next to me said "Oop I hear sarcasm, we're all fucked" as a joke- Now I'm in college- I saw the same guy again during this current election debate, and he looked me dead in the eye and said, "Back then I was trying to make a joke not predict the damn future-"
@@Nick-o-time Well then they're more an ass than she is, because she ISN'T in favour of genocide. She purposefully sought an end to the war, announced it very boldly, hasn't said otherwise because that's the intention (and that was risky for her because she wasn't yet the official candidate at that point and most of her party being horrible sh*tbirds and on board with is) As a Canadian I won't get to vote, but I am worried af that y'all will pick the rancid dude who wanted them to hang his own VP pick because of incredibly petty reasons. No desire to see more of the trashfire spill over into our politics.
@@Nick-o-time She hasn’t given Israel anything because she’s not the president. Besides, it’s not genocide… yet. It’s oppression and gross disregard for human life but not genocide. They’re warning civilians to get out of places where they’re going to attack and have killed fewer than 2% of the Gaza population, including combatants. If it was a genocide, they’d be killing a lot more people. Rwanda was a genocide. Kosovo was a genocide. Armenia was a genocide. Nazi Germany was a genocide. What Israel is doing is more like what everyone was doing in WWII: bombing the crap out of everything hoping to hit some bad guys and cripple the opposition’s capacity to build weapons and fight back. Hamas wants to commit genocide. They targeted an area mostly populated by pro-Palestine Jews and slaughtered anyone they could find, committing deliberate atrocities, including rape, torture, murder, and mutilation. Fortunately, Hamas is weak, so they could never accomplish what they want unless they provoke Israel enough to become so terrible that they lose their allies, gain more enemies, and are annihilated in a massive Middle East war. Hamas doesn’t care because they’re hateful religious nut cakes, just like much of Netanyahu’s coalition. Israel, being run by some of its worst people, took the bait and has exceeded expectations. If things get too bad for Israel, like if they lose allies and get attacked hard from all sides, they’ll become desperate, and then you’ll see horrors that make Gaza look like a practice run. Israel has nukes. Their neighbors don’t.
The status quo military-industrial complex candidate is the better option than electing a fascist corporate brand. I think lex luthor is a perfect description of the level of detached psychopathy one needs to possess to hold the keys to the nuclear engine in a 2024 presidency.
As a disabled lesbian I am legit in fear for my life if the tangerine gets elected again. I've already been threatened by the damn conservatives living all around me if they get him in again they aren't going to fear the consequences of coming after me and mine. Sure, Biden and Kamala aren't the candidates I would want in a perfect world (ideally I'd want progressives, not liberals) but at least them in office doesn't threaten American lives. It's ridiculous that we have to keep reminding people that the candidates that DON'T want to attack their own citizens are the ones we should actually be electing!
Ok but what yall don't seem to comprehend is "not wanting to hurt American citizens" is literally the lowest bar. It's like "yeah my partner is abusive but they don't HIT me." Like are you not tired of choosing "the lesser of two evils". Wouldnt it be nice to have a candidate that's decent, good even? Instead of just "not as bad" or just not a literal monster. Why are you SO MAD that leftist demand better. A lot of the people saying these things ARE gonna vote for Kamala. Do t be mad when a politician gets constructive criticism.
@@salishanmusic Uh, friend? You're arguing with someone already on your side. You're right that the bar is literally in hell at this point and I absolutely want someone more progressive that wants to fight for the rights of everyone, not just bow down to the corporations. But right now I know we have to pick our battles and stand united or we'll get split in two and lose like we did in 2016. Let's make sure the yahtzis don't get control of the government first, then we can try and get someone GOOD for the country. You can't deal with strife within when there are enemies baying for your blood at the gates.
@@salishanmusic No one's mad that a politician is getting constructive criticism. we're mad that ya'll are derailing the conversation and calling democrats "Blue MAGA" and making Dems out to be JUST AS BAD as the repubs. We know that it's the lowest bar. We just want you to step over it so we can move the fuck on.
@@salishanmusicbecause you aren’t actually making those demands in any way that’ll promote change; most leftists who say, “Both are bad,” are doing so with the intent to protest by… not voting or writing in a name, which has never worked in the history of America. It’s absolutely insane to think people are getting mad because Kamala is getting criticism. We’re mad because your solution to “just as bad” is to vote obscure or not vote at all. Nobody wants to be voting for damage control, but that’s the state of our politics right now. So I’ll take the ‘person who only hits me sometimes’ over the ‘literal monster’ for now.
As a Palestinian, I’ve never been so disheartened in my life. Politics has always done my people dirty and the money has always spoken for itself, but to be this vocal on both sides, I feel crippled. Truly one is worse than other, but I just wish one day there would be a politician that didn’t help annihilate my people.
"Because a black person, a black woman, existing in any other context that any other kind of person exist can just automatically be seen as political." Not a one-to-one by a long shot, and definitely need to account for intersectionality when I say this, but as a queer person, biiiiiig f*ckin' mood. Thank you so much for speaking up.
Big fucking mood. As far as my queerness goes, as a trans man, I thankfully and sadly seem to be borderline invisible, especially when compared to cis gay men, and trans women of any orientation. My family knows I'm about ready to flee this country for my own health and safety if it comes down to it along with many others in my family and friend groups due to either being women or queer.
One thing I was always raised on with this is: "If you don't vote, then you don't have the right to complain about the results. Because you did nothing. You contributed nothing. You changed nothing." At least the ones that still vote to make change, even when they're not happy with what they have to work with, and even if what they vote for ends up not making it, at least they are still trying. They are still contributing. They are still doing their part.
That's something I definitely learned from people around me in 2016. I remember people bragging that they weren't voting or didn't vote. Then those same people were upset when Trump won. I remember being incredibly confused, because they were PROUD of not voting. They just assumed Clinton would win because Trump is a clown and had fumbles. When he did win, I feel like there was an air of embarrassment around those that didn't vote. At least I hope there was.
But this, intentionally or not, gives the impression that voting is the only thing one needs to do. Voting is next to nothing in the grand scheme of things. Next to nothing is still better than nothing, especially at local levels, but it still doesn't change enough by itself. Whoever ends up on charge will still protect billionaires while marginalised people suffer, and will keep sending bombs to a genocide, and in four more years we'll still be exactly where we were, forced to vote for the "lesser evil" because the greater evil will still be unthinkable. And the powers that be _like it this way._
In my opinion its nothing but a pacifier against real change that would actually benefit most people. Its an illusion of choice with the current voting system. Ever since i could vote my only options has been trump vs not trump and i watched the democratic convention and was nothing but a trump rally but with many starts instead of one früher dancing stupidly.
something people don't realise is that not voting or not caring about who you vote for because it "doesn't matter" is how people like Hitler got into power, think about that next time you consider not voting or just voting for whoever.
It’s not actually true though. Hitler win because his party was popular and more people voted for his party. Let’s be real Biden had a sexual assault allegation leved against him and that woman got dragged and destroyed because it was inconvenient for her to be bad mouthing the guy you wanted. Me Too unless it’s a Dem in a general election is all anyone took away from that.
And what if kamala is horrible? Biden was senile. Will you take responsibility for that? Kamala already has a plan to increase taxes for my tax bracket so my family will lose everything they worked for.
I used to be an "the lesser is evil is still evil" abstainer. Then I started thinking about other people and approach the polls as harm reduction. It's not my fault that I've never seen an R next to the candidate that presented the least amount of harm moving forward.
That is not at all how Hitler got into power. Hitler garnered a lot of support that the German government wanted to use in their favor. The issue is that, as soon as he got unrestricted power, he used it to kill and arrest his political rivals. The people, generally, believed in his messaging, all of which was intentionally engineered propaganda against leftists and Jewish people. The people wanted a populist leader who would support workers, but years of anti-socialist propaganda made them outright hate anyone who supported that rhetoric. Hitler sold them populist rhetoric through a racist lense. The issue here is that both Democrats AND Republicans preach against leftist ideas, which makes Trump a repeating issue that isn't going away even if he gets thrown in prison and dies.
i swear some people think it's more important to do nothing wrong than to do something right or even just hopefully productive. like inaction can also be deadly if you won't make a decision because both options are bad
"Voting doesn't change anything!" You're not forced to ONLY vote! Voting is one of many tools used to change society. Voting may not provide the specific change you want right now. But it can provide a safe enough political landscape to let you focus on the issues that DO matter to you.
The 4 boxes of civic engagement, Ballot Box, Soap Box, Jury Box and Cartridge Box. Hopefully we never get to a point where the Cartridge Box becomes a necessity.
I really appreciate that you are tackling the issues in the left that actually matter. I’m way more left leaning and it’s annoying that the criticisms of left wing politics are only really about “wokeness” and inclusivity being bad when really there are real issues that should be addressed but aren’t because they are overshadowed by fucking scarecrow arguments. I respect the shit out of you for saying this and it gives me hope that we as a nation can be more honest about the things we need to fix instead of letting scare rhetoric dictate our opinions
Mm, conversations about wokeness are usually being had by the right or centerists. It might be worth saying: Real critical conversations do get had within the left, but almost always fall under "the left eats itself" issues because it often causes a big blow up and people no longer working together. Which just f's up whoever wants to get things done. The left is fractous, and some folks who lean left on policy are not great people. (Ex: dirtbag leftists admit they're assholes socially and often start fights because they're still racist and sexist and think that should be fine, and Ex2: tankies are often too uncritical of actual gen*c*de to get along with the rest of the left because even dirtbags think that's Zer0% okay) But there are people having conversations about how we should be focusing on policy, even with people we really really don't like personally, political things don't require us to like every other voter, just get a very wide net of people who want better for society, and in that way even assholes can be useful if they'll contribute to grassroots runs and votes.
The best people to criticize the right are on the left (because the right doesn’t criticize itself), but ironically, the best people to criticize the left… are also on the left. There’s nothing us leftists like more than to criticize other leftists, and our criticism is often (definitely not always, especially online) more substantial than the right’s criticism. We base our arguments on core principles; they just insult us for our identities
Radical Acceptance. I need to explain that to my kids. It's something I didn't figure out until I was in my 40s (but I have voted in every election since my 18th birthday, Mondale!!). I have always liked you, and now I wish you were my daughter. Or niece. Cousin. Thank you.
The center-left’s criticism of Kamala (they’re not actually that far-left, there’s no real Marxist movement here. Marxists will never vote for her because she’s a liberal anyways, at minimum she’d need to be a social democrat.) is really just two fronts: Palestine and healthcare. Frankly I think that if Kamala did actually just implement an arms embargo on Israel they’d be satiated, but she’s a coalition leader, so the other part of the coalition would hate her for it. So she can’t, because that other part matters way more since it houses the swing voters and centrists. Same thing with universal healthcare, she can’t do that because the conservative part of her coalition would be very annoyed. It’s a balancing act of maintaining a massive coalition, which leads to slow change, unless that coalition all agrees on one thing, which it doesn’t rn.
@@LAWless_NonsenseI liked her analogy until she said she was exited for Kamala. It’s valid to vote for her over the orange fascist (ik I will) but I’m not particularly happy about selecting blue MAGA. I’m sick of no real meaningful change and ppl’s civil rights being treated like they’re up for debate
You do understand that republicans fought against slavery right. Like they are about freedom and the constitution. The democrats take away more freedoms.
Eh .... asterisk there. Both parties have their politically convenient populations that can lose their human status in the name of larger goals. I'd encourage people to vote, but I also don't blame them when they look at the American political machine that uses brown and poor people's bones for fuel and think ... yeah man, I'm not excited about this.
@@michellesc0711not at all. People who have critical thinking skills don’t have to ask the who or what. Like it seems you have, we didn’t JUST learn 2 facts about politics and think we know everything. Why don’t you get back into football?
@@stephanier.tinney343 lol to me it’s ironic that you’d assume that I only know two things about politics. And that i like football, as someone who only watched the Super Bowl halftime shows and isn’t even into college football as my coworkers are. You are assuming a lot about my character because of who i vote. That’s literally part of the problem with current politics.
there’s a lot of people proposing 3rd party, but this election is *not* the time to mess around with the third parties. not when there’s threats of the removal of voting, or even direct corruption in the voting. so! maybe we shouldn’t risk our ability to vote!
I’ve never really voted third party but I think if there’s any possibility of it happening it’s got to start at a more local level first. Expecting it to start right at the top you’d probably have better odds spending all your money on lotto tickets.
@@ariwl1Exactly. To get a viable third option for the presidency, someone has to do the work and build up from local on up. You don’t just show up at a job interview and expect to be named the boss of the company.
And us Canadians too. Everytime something happens in the US, some weirdo over here tries to copy it. Poilièvre is following in Trump’s footsteps. Some other politicians wanted to reopen the abortion debate following what happened in the US.
@@books2438 don't get me started on German politics and how every time they meet with Trump they pull another weird card (pun not intended) like dismissing European law and close the borders to immigration
Our house is burning, we have a leak in the basement, and the gutters need fixing. What type of gutters do you get? It doesn't matter. The house is burning. Deal with less severe problems after the tangerine emergency is resolved.
No human made system of government has been perfect and even if you are involved you don’t always get the results you want and rarely as fast you want them. But not voting does not change the system; it removes your voice from it while still subjecting yourself to it. Progress is possible, but not if we let the worst option in.
@@dont_know_my_name I don't intend to vote for holocaust harris, but my point is that if you're already committed to voting for someone, they don't have any incentive to listen to your demands.
@@dont_know_my_name seems like my comment was deleted but my point is that yr vote is the only leverage you have to make demands of a candidate and if yr going to vote for them no matter what they have no reason to listen to you.
@Nick-o-time Yes. It’s called “Damage control.” She LITERALLY just used two villains as an example (Since apparently Kamala is among the corrupt now ig). If you vote Luthor, that skews the polls that bit more AWAY from Joker (obviously the greater evil). This is a “Would You Rather?” war, and Not voting just leaves more room for Trumpists to take hold. It just means that you’re complacent with just letting the Joker have your head as an option.
@@Nick-o-time see, the thing is, evil will win no matter what. Even if you don't vote for evil, you're still letting evil happen. And also, it's not "I'm gonna vote for evil", it's "I'm gonna vote for the lesser evil" We are not voting for genocide, we are voting against Trump
Vote green party for LOCAL elections. Vote Dem for Federal and any local elections where a Green Party is not present. THAT is how viable parties are built- by voting EVERY election, from the ground up (there are election cycles every two years !)
Adding to the previous comment: in most places, there are elections every year on local ordinances, state propositions, judges, etc. And those local elections, although less glamorous, affect your life more directly than the federal offices. EVERY election matters. Thank you for making the pragmatic choice and voting Democrat for president. I hope someday we have a viable third party (and/or ranked choice voting) for president.
I voted Green in 2020 and it didn't really amount to anything. They did worse than the freaking libertarians; maybe we should just infiltrate the established party closer to our interests/values with all their infrastructure already built and available for us to exploit?
Not voting blue till they do more to save gazan children. I won't vote for the pro genocide party and unfortunately it's both kamala and trump. Not just one or the other.
As a British 16 year old, I cried when Trump got elected, and I was proven right at every turn to worry. People died, protections were repealed, America categorically got worse on nearly every level. It's so much power to make sure that doesn't happen again and this time you have a decent option to replace him with!
And not just America. American culture and politics have so much power and influence. Other countries are directly affected when the US takes the lead in racist, misogynistic, queerphobic policies. The world is watching, and right wingers across the world are being inspired and emboldened. It's so much bigger than the US
Although I’m a CHILD I can completely agree with her I’ve also looked into the 2025 projects let’s just say it’s not gonna be good for anyone he is trying to take away rights that have already been placed down like wtf
@@Reaper_777-wc7yoNo he’s been on recorded claiming that he doesn’t know what it is despite the fact that a majority of people that he worked with and employed helped make it and used his name to promote it.
@@Reaper_777-wc7yo So... you're believing the liar? The man who lies so frequently it may as well be his whole vocabulary? The man who takes EVERY. SIGNLE. CHANCE. he gets to spout utter nonsense and falsehoods. Thats the guy you going to believe? You're sincerely going to go "oh yeah that makes sense. He said it 🤷♂️"
@@ryanmackenzie6109 Both sides lie all the time. Do you really think the left cares about you or anyone else. They just wanna line their pockets with the money of fools.
"totally unrelated to the rant (which was great), ...." It took me a couple of passes to realize what you were actually saying, lol. I thought you didn't relate to the rant, and I was so confused 😂
"voting doesn't do anything" do you even know who is running for the governor of your state? What about state representatives? Voting doesn't work if all you're voting for is one office!
What about city council? District attorney? School board? ESPECIALLY the school board. Like, just take 15 minutes of your evenings the couple of weeks running up to the election to look up who these people are and what they stand for, what their background is, who is bankrolling them, where their endorsements are coming from. Check for dog whistles (and honestly, these days, just full on open whistles). Yes it takes some work, but that is what responsibility looks like-the responsibility that comes with the privilege of voting.
@@flibbertygibbetteAt a BARE MINIMUM, find an organization whose work you trust, who support the goals you support (e.g. HRC or the local organization for your chosen party) and see who they’re endorsing, as they already did the research.
The absolute nerve of using that particular insult. When someone says “I just don’t like either candidate”/“I just don’t like the sound of her voice”/“I don’t agree with this one specific policy,” what I hear is “I’m such an egomaniac that I will let this nation go to ruin because I’ve decided it makes me unique and special.”
The nerve to reward an administration that is committing genocide for almost a year now with 4 more years of leadership is actually insulting to sanity. Vote Jill Stein! Do not vote for genocide!
A lot of people out there would rather sit on the sidelines and tell everyone “I told you so” after the fact because it’s easier, and they don’t have to get their hands dirty. If you can’t take 20 minutes out of your day to go vote for the sane candidate, do really expect me to believe you’ll be in the streets when Trump deploys the military to break up protests?
A rule of thumb: don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough. I am going to paraphrase Bernie Sanders here: Giving up is a privilege that we do not have right now. We can't wait for the world to be perfect before we deign to get involved. You take the world as it is and find a way to move forward to make it better. No candidate is perfect, I don't love party politics, but I know which candidate and party more closely aligns with my values. If a bunch of young idealists sit out this election and get me stuck without bodily autonomy for decades to come, those are the people who don't get to complain about how bad things get. They get to listen to me complain about how scared I am of ending up with medically dangerous pregnancy.
I'm pretty sure that getting ectopic pregnancies terminated can't be banned, and both Presidential candidates won't ban abortions in the case of r*pe or a situation where the carrier would die. As long as people don't have unprotected sex, people will have a minimal chance of becoming pregnant. Even if a c*ndom is broken, there's still a low chance for the uterus carrying person to be at that specific point of the cycle, especially seeing as it is possible to track your cycle, and then there's also the chance that the spermotoza carrying person could be infertile. There is really no reason for there to be a need for an abortion, unless there is a medical reason and/or r*pe involved, and both of which will still be protected. Not to mention, even if there is a 6 week ban, there's still 6 weeks. Yes, during 4 of those weeks you could be unaware, but you should be aware during the 5th and 6th that you missed a period, and take a pregnancy test. Note: Any and all uses of the term "You", "Your", "Yours", and "You're" are not directly aimed at you, just an in-general usage.
2:28 Yes! Fellow vet here. I was raised evangelical fundie in the 80s and 90s, which included some very toxic purity culture. That same purity culture is on the left, especially the far left. It often feels to me as though it's more important that their particular flavor of [socialism | Marxism | Anarcho-syndicalism | etc] be the "correct" one rather than to attempt to solve the problems in front of us. It is no different from the purity culture of my youth. "Your messiah isn't coming!" is such a succinct summation of this. I'm an engineer, I don't get to play in the frictionless world of physics, I have to account for friction, and signal loss, and noise. Engineering is all about managing compromise, knowing what is critical and what is not. Politics feels the same way to me. It's about managing compromise, but with people. We have like 600 years of colonialism, Imperialism, and capitalism to reverse. This work will not be accomplished overnight. We have to keep doing the work to move us in that direction. It likely won't happen in our lifetime. But we must continue the work. And that includes voting for the candidate who has not all, but at least some of your values. Thabk you for posting this!
A good example of how change via voting takes time and consistency is how roe v wade got overturned. When roe v wade first happened, most republicans were on board, no problem. Being anti-bortion was not the standard for being republican at the time. But over decades of targeted, organized, consistent pushing from the far right, here we are. We can make positive changes if we organize and put forth consistent effort. Change is not impossible, it's just slower than we'd like, and it's worth fighting for.
More like voting for Obama to codify roe, he goes “ehh never mind y’all” and y’all never punished or criticized democrats for not doing shit when they had the opportunity to do so
"Who do you want holding that bazooka" Is so elegantly concise and illustrates the choice beautifully. Love your stuff. Thank you for your service, your authenticity, your voice, and your platform.
I was in the college dorms when Obama was elected. One of the other girls squealed so loud I heard from my room, I came out, she was running down the hallway with an ENORMOUS grin… and I knew. I just knew. We both hugged and cheered, the excitement was ALL through the dorm. And hell, even when BIDEN got elected, that day in November when the results came in, we were PARTYING at my house. There was such a palpable feeling of elation and relief (and I rode that high into getting my ass to therapy and getting on meds) so, yes - I am ABSOLUTELY going to allow myself to be excited for Kamala.
My sister’s birthday is days after the election, my birthday is Inauguration Day. We gonna _party_ when Harris wins and again when she takes office. (And I’m glad you found the motivation and spare capacity to get the help you needed. 💙)
@@ButMadNNW626I was extremely fortunate, because in addition to the emotional high, I also had a support network and we live in an area where I could get a therapist. That’s something I never want to take for granted
One party wants me dead, the other only says they don’t for votes* Just because theyre the lesser of two evils, that doesnt mean we should overlook the fact that the dems dont care about the actual people, they care about winning. Just because they’re useful to beat the worse party that doesn’t mean we should forget that. Under biden’s administration project 2025 policies were still being pushed and were barely even fought by the biden administration. You cant trust authoritarians, even if theyre useful in stopping the more overtly violent ones.
I spoke to a group of Republicans campaigning at a county fair a few weeks ago and was confused and alarmed at how out of touch with reality they were. I tried very hard not to bring up controversial topics simply to educate myself on who these people were, but hearing a group of old men *obsessing* about illegal immigration instead of, y'know, ACTUAL PROBLEMS was pretty frustrating. The day-to-day Republicans you come across aren't necessarily bad people, they're just very very poorly informed about the reality of what's going on in the country they live in.
Exactly. Lawful Neutral (Luthor) has consistency, and if not the motivations, one could trust the consistencies. Lemma have a try for Lawful Neutral or Neutral Good, tho (I am biased lol)~
You absolutely nailed it eloquently and passionately. My PoliSci degree specialty was Public Law. I hate that it takes literally waving the degree around to be taken seriously. You're amazing. Saving this so I can show it to everyone who has abandoned basic logical thinking.
My take is definitely vote blue because ya one side is inarguably far far worse, but that going forward we HAVE to find a way to get more options in because this lesser of two evils shit is how we got into this situation in the first place and if something doesn't change it's only gonna keep getting worse. No you will never find your "perfect" candidate but we need more options because with just the 2 only ever available it lets both parties deteriorate to the point they're becoming closer and closer to just being the same singular party.
I agree we need ways to make other candidates viable; I’d like to see ranked choice voting, for example, and for the Electoral College to be relegated to history. And remember to vote for more progressive candidates in local elections, both because those elections more directly affect you and because local and state changes eventually trickle up to the federal level. But I’m 45 and _so tired_ of seeing people claim that the parties are the same or even getting close to being the same. They’re really, _really_ not.
@@HunterLvyiXIII Same... it's not doing any good for anyone. The less populous states get less Electroal Votes, and the more populous states get their Electoral Votes, and sometimes even more than they should, because the Electoral Votes are based on the census, and the census includes undocumented people, boosting border states such as Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and California's Electoral Votes even higher... if it was by actual votes, it'd be better, since we'd see how many people actually voted who. Oh! I almost forgot how the people in charge of the Electoral Votes can still make the vote for the wrong candidate!
@@HunterLvyiXIII To my knowledge, the idea was to encourage candidates to cater to a cross section of the population (giving rural/less-populated areas a bit more sway so that candidates wouldn't only cater to population centers). I think it’s a solid idea, honestly, but the current winner-takes-all system of each state's electoral votes doesn't work. If electoral votes were distributed based on percentages of a state's votes, then there wouldn’t be the same fixation on the select few “purple” states in a given election, and people in states that swing solidly one way or the other would still feel like their votes mattered. That's my two cents, at least!
@@ilikecake3456 yeah, everything you said makes sense. I agree the electoral college doesn't work as it's supposed to (for the nations' best interest), I also think it wasn't even the best solution back then. Land can't vote, but a system where only metropolitan spaces are catered to isn't sustainable either. Not to mention the gerrymandering! We're definitely overdo for an overhaul imo Thanks for your comment
Let's talk basics. The right is defined by increasing the power of the already powerful and making hierarchy more extreme with fewer people on top. The left is defined by decreasing hierarchy and distributing power/money more equally. People fall on different places on that spectrum. The Democratic party isn't nearly as far left as progressives. So a lot of progressives think that spitefully not voting for Democrats will make them realize that they need progressives. The problem with this belief is that it ignores the facts that progressives themselves have gathered. That politicians are controlled by the money it takes to get elected. Not their beliefs. Not their personal political goals. Not even the beliefs of voters. Advertising wins out. So if the far left stays home or votes 3rd party, and the Dems lose, do the wealthy pulling us right gain ground or lose it? Do they have more control over elections with a Republican in charge, or less? Conversely, did the far right _ever_ decide to punish Republicans for not overturning Roe v. Wade by not voting for them? Or did they keep voting Republican, protesting loudly all the time, and focusing on grassroots positions until they took over the party and got the policy they wanted?
Yes. We have to vote _as left as we can_ among viable choices or we have no chance to keep pulling the country left. Because every time the right wins, we get dragged back - not just right, but _back_ - and it takes *so much effort* to regain that lost ground. And don’t just stop at voting. Call, write, sign petitions. The politicians can’t know that their voters support certain policies if they never hear you say it.
@@ButMadNNW626 Yes. Voting only takes one day. It doesn't stop you from community building, organizing, protesting, or any other task. There's no need to choose between working for radical change _and_ voting for the best environment for that work.
I'd prefer democrats in theory, but they really don't make poor people any better off. Everytime they give checks, that comes out of the people's bank accounts with tax. When everyone gets more money, the stores raise their prices, essentially putting us back where we used to be, and quite often even worse.
I feel this. Probably not as much as Nicque or anyone else but I WANT to be excited for Kamala for once. I haven't been excited for a presidential election since I can remember. I want to be hopeful that maybe women will get a say in their own bodies and that maybe we can take another step towards the future. Maybe we can end up with a future where it looks like climate change won't doom us all. I dunno, I just want to be excited for the future, for once, instead of looking up how to flee the country.
I've never heard an argument so beautiful as that last one. It quite literally sums up the dangers this dude holds if he were to get his crusty face on the term
We didn't have time for it in the last two elections either. We'll be dealing with the consequences of Trump's first, and hopefully only, presidency for decades. We wont suvive a second.
I have clients, and we talk. And it is bad for business to shake them by the shoulders and tie them to a chair and make them watch videos like yours. But I want to. You are so eloquent in your argument with the passion to show your seriousness.
I will be voting blue no matter who because all this. I do know people more closely connected to the problems overseas who feel they cannot bring themselves to do that, and that's a tough choice. All the young ppl getting tricked into staying at home need to turn out, and for everyone else voting 🟩, at least you're making your voice heard!
Thankyou to the conservatives and republicans for going 💙 this election. It brings me joy that an opposing side can unite with us to vote out tyranny. Let’s move forward, we are not going back.
Thanks for clarifying that the person throwing racist stuff at you wasn't right wing, because sometimes I need the reminder. Not falling into a 'no true scotsman' argument.
Thank you so much for making this, Nicque! Dead ass, I’m very grateful for this video, you’ve managed to articulate exactly what I’ve been thinking about this whole situation. I’m a proud leftist, but I’m also a pretty young one who’s still relatively new to politics in general. So seeing all these things going on on my side of the proverbial fence is…well it’s definitely eye-opening. I’m sorry you got called something so awful. Stay safe and keep dropping that truth, fam!
This reminds me of a video I saw, talking about how people think that voting for nobody is better than voting for the lesser evil, even when not voting at all gives the greater evil a bigger chance of winning. It just feels wrong to vote for someone, who you have a lot of problems with, even when it's the better option, it feels worse than not voting for many people even when logically it really isn't.
... I'm sorry why do people dislike Kamala Harris again? I've seen so much hate but I literally can't comprehend why. Especially compared to fucking Trump.
-She's the Vice President so she going to be tied to the Biden administration regardless -Every that supports can barly explain why outside of Trump bad.
I believe due to her saying she would still support Israel in the genocide they are leading against Palestine and you know racism and sexism and misogyny
She's fundamentally a decent choice to the point republicans barely have a nickname for her. She's a straightforwardly competent candidate with experience. People just come up with her history as a prosecutor making her a cop apologist despite her actual policies
@@Sootielove actually, most of the flack she's getting (from the left) is for her military stance and promise to continue supporting Isreal. Which is understandable, buuuut... call me selfish, I'm voting for the candidate that doesn't want to, you know, dead or pregnant against my will.
Literally the only criticisms I’ve seen from Republicans about her are that she’s emphasized different parts of her heritage at different times (almost like she tailors her speech to her audience like any other quality speaker), she once dated a guy who helped her get one of her first low-level jobs in government (because no one else has ever done that in the history of the world), and something-something border. They have nothing of substance for their attacks.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." We consistently hamstring ourselves waiting for the perfect option while others make decisions against our best interests.
Me hearing Harris talk about Israel: 😒 Me hearing Harris talk about most other things: 😌 If every country just keeps voting more democratic, eventually there must be a democratic elect who is anti colonialism and anti gen6cide. Hopefully. We’ll get there.
@@hankbarcelona7314the motivation is the U.S slowly becoming more progressive, which it has been since it started, but we’re going backwards because of the orange
Voting is a strategic choice not necessarily a demonstration of ideology. Do i think Obama,Biden, abd Harris were all variations on centrist neolib American hegemony? Sure. Were they qualified or the better of choices? I think so. Wishing for better choices and scrually choosing from from the hand you got are different things, one of them is an actual action. And a lot of "progressive" politics happens outside of electoral politics in opposition to the powers that be. Strategically voting for activist is picking your opponent. Most of the people on the left I've seen demanding(yes demanding) abstaining from the vote are those at the back of the line of targets for a white supremacist christo fascist administration and it's getting old.
People are really interesting to me or stupid here the fact you can have all the expectations but if you people don't vote locally the president can't help you The house and the Senate exist all of them together creates legislation The president can't just walk in and be here that what it is now
Sis you are a rockstar!! Anime lover, veteran and now you come to preach!! My son may put off going in until we are sure who going to hold that bazooka.
The gathering in this video was immaculate! Articulate, well thought out, and to the fucking point. Thank you, ma'am! You are doing important work in the classiest way imaginable.
I am queer, disabled, and neurodivergent, and genuinely, I’m absolutely terrified of what is happening to our country. This isn’t the land of the free or the land of the people who have liberty, this is the land of division.
Oh my gosh an actually sane person talking about politics, who is making sense and being reasonable and smart, if I had a nickel for every time I saw this happen I’d have ONE NICKEL AND BE GOING INTO SEVERE DEBT. (also tangerine club I’m dying 😂)
“voting doesn’t work anyway” *voting doesn’t work as quickly as you would like it to* I was CLAPPING IN MY ROOM
still am clapping tbh, that line ate
the whole video ate but that line was amazing
Also, voting REALLY doesn’t work if people don’t show up and vote!
@@ButMadNNW626 yes! it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy! that’s how I feel about third-party voting, too-if most people vote “strategically” because they believe it’d be useless to give any third party nominee a chance, the incumbent parties will stay incumbent here.
Nicque makes some amazing points though as to why you need to really consider what you’re doing, in this election, though. I, personally, always thought I’d never vote for an incumbent-party candidate because I want to be part of the movement enacting change, not part of the movement that’s scared to go “too far”, but I’m also not going to vote for a candidate that’s not even seriously in the running, and I feel like this election cycle the only third-party candidate that made any lasting impact was RFK, who was ofc just, like, the Dr. Pibb of Trumpism :/
if there were a serious option, even a serious option that wasn’t going to win, but could still make a difference, who I align with in beliefs more than the Harris/Walz team, I’ll vote for them, because I truly believe we can’t change the strategic voting system by continuing to vote strategically. But to me it’s not strategic voting to consider that, like she said, there’s no messiah coming who’s suddenly going to sway public opinion on Gaza… so as much as I wish there were a candidate that didn’t support genocide, I have to admit that Kamala Harris IS a very progressive choice and it’d be unfair to say she’s evil just because she’s the democratic nominee and I hate the DNC.
Nicque talked about how her DBT sessions helped her see things more clearly, and I honestly relate to her so much every time she brings that up in a political talk, because seriously!! I know there’s a little part of me that’s hoping the “messiah” as she put it will come! I know there’s a part of me that wants to cross my arms and pout in a corner because it makes me feel icky to engage with these awful politicians with skeletons in the closet and money flowing into their pockets from evil corporations. But that little part of me is _hope_, that something good will happen, maybe, instead of the clear path ahead, and I’ve found space to hold onto that hope while also holding space to think rationally. Honestly DBT is amazing, I wish everyone could at least get a crash course on the core principles of it, lol.
Sorry that whole thing is so long, you just made me think more about the topic lol djkjfsdfg
As people have said before, if voting didn't work, the people trying to get Trump in office wouldn't be currently trying to enact blatant voter suppression.
Its so true, we need to vote even if it helps a little bit.
Ok. I'll bite. How long do we have to wait before we can say voting now doesn't work? The VA system for veterans has been getting worse and worse since Reagan was president. 40 years. 10 presidential voting cycles. Both parties in power. So truly, how long before we can neither are going to do a thing? How long before we say voting just doesn't work when neither party is going to actually work for the people?
Killer Mike even stated that you shouldn't just wait for the big election. Go to the smaller elections that affects our courts, judges, schools etc. Gotta really be active in this.
Jill Stein is not serious candidate nor is th green party why do I say this because they are not actually trying to help them they don't ever run local elections or anything they always just run for president who will that work
Imagine she president what about the house and th senet she would literally have no power or anything
I can go more into why they are not serious
Look at the UK and France the third party there actually did the work from local to president
@@Solscapes. He never did that. Killer Mike is one the most vocal ACAB political rappers in the industry. A quick google search would prove you wrong even if someone didn't follow his career closely. I'm reporting you for misinformation,
Some would say the smaller elections are more important to vote in.
@@wyrdness1 it is actually
@@raguelelnaqumwhether he said it or not, it’s still very true. Every election has consequences.
Totally stealing: "Its not a choice between Lex Luthor and Superman. It's a choice between Lex Luthor and the Joker. Who do you think I'm going to vote for? Both are bad. Yeah, Luthor is corrupt, but the Joker blows up hospitals."
"Do you have any idea how much power I would have to give up to be president?" Luther would totally let a competent cabinet run everything while Joker would let his fellow Arhkam Asylum inmates run things
And Obama didn't? Biden didn't? Check the record. This is the most absurd analogy I've heard.
@@Solscapes. All American presidents since WW2 have taken actions that led, directly or indirectly, to the destruction of hospitals in other countries. You're missing the forest for the trees. The point is that CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT CHOICE.
@Carbon.Rose914 Right?! And they certainly didn't sign off on the dronestriking of any childrens' hospitals. They didn't sign off on the Patriot Act. Biden didn't build Trump's wall or institute his tarriffs. It certainly wasn't democrats who called the national guard on blm.
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@Carbon.Rose914 i replied before, but it got _____ed. I guess I'll just leave you with this, 💜.
I've tried to explain it to people as: You have a choice between somebody who wants to stab you and somebody who doesn't want to stab you. Sure, one of those people might not be doing all that much to HELP you, but at least they aren't EFFING STABBING YOU.
They both want to stab us. You're just confused because one is holding the knife behind their back.
@@Nick-o-time Did the one waving their knife out in the open convince you that the other one is _hiding_ a knife so that you wouldn't run away from them?
No it's the genocide that's happening that their actively apart of.
@@Nick-o-time the delusion of these yts and POC libs seems frankly incurable at this point
So you're a Palestinian American who's family has been wiped out with US weapons. Which candidate is "stabbing you" exactly?
I got exactly one thing to say about you being a black veteran: I salute you.
I know myself well enough to say I could never. I mean like. Physically. Emotionally. Socially. Psychologically. The fact that you have is impressive on multiple levels and I for one *will* acknowledge that.
Also the entire everything else in this video. All the uncomfortable truths that need speaking, need acknowledging. Thank you for your service.
Thank you so much for this. As someone pro palestine, I encourage everyone who lives in the states (especially minorities) to vote for kamala. She might be a zionist, but how are you gonna fight for palestinian rights if tr^mp is in office? Genuine question. Most american pro palestine activists are minorities. People of color, queers, single parents, disabled folks, etc. Don't think for a second that if tr^mp is in office, he will let y'all have freedom of speech. Commies need to wake tf up and realise this is not the time for 3rd party. They should've promoted and supported said 3rd party 4 years ago, not 3 months before the election 🤦🏽♀️
Political scientist and fellow DBT alumni?
I am listening
Let us not reelect the tangerine that is rotten man
Given the fact that I am an atheist, my parents are rapidly aging towards crippling medical situations, and most of my friends (including my sister and her girlfriend) are somewhere on the LGBTQIA+ AND neurodivergent spectrums, I am in a position where I cannot AFFORD to not vote or stay a political creature, despite the fact that I can “pass” as the most privileged kind of person on the planet right now.
As someone who's closer to far than center left, both parties have bad things but god does one party and one candidate have done the worst things of the 2 and in general...
You said really well, nuance, absence of voting means givjng power away like it happened in Italy with young ppl not voting, the biggest recorded political absence and far right party winning.
It may not be the very best , but its better and it surely is the best out the 2.
Plrnty of people forget legal and especially social change takes long time.
Every step forwards towards the goal matters even if said step forward still has discrimination in it, its lesser than it was before, the less the better and none the best but in the path for progress , each step forward towards less and less discrimination counts...
Just because that step isnt directly the final destination doesnt mean the path and its steps towards it dont count or dont matter.
It took me literally half the video to realize tangerine meant trump. I gotta go to sleep
Right as the video ended, I got a Tangerine ad. “I’m Donald J. Trump, and I approve this message.” 👀
Why is this so therapeutic?
Thank you, you just pushed me to register to vote
Very well said and I'm also really excited we could FINALLY have a woman president! I literally didn't think I would ever get to see that and I am NOT THAT OLD! 🥲🤩🥰
voting is like a bus, sometimes there isn't one going to your exact destination, so you got to vote for the one going your way.
wow that is a really good analogy
I LOVE this analogy! I’ve said this same idea to so many people, but you phrased it so much more beautifully and simply.
Genocide support is a no from me.
And, which party didn't help build Trump's wall, fund genocide, strengthen the police state, and enable prison slavers? Because the republicans and democrats both did.
@@Nick-o-timeAnd what do you think Trump will do?
It pisses me off so much that people don't understand radical acceptance. I've been disgustingly pragmatic my whole life and it drives me crazy that people will choose unrealistic optimism over reality. This video reflects a lot of my own views, and I appreciate it a lot.
It’s perfectly okay to be idealistic and optimistic during the primary, but when we hit the general election we have to leave the bubble of the party’s microcosm and actually try to make those ideals work in reality. We need to hope for THE BEST WE CAN PRACTICALLY GET, rather than demanding the best we want.
@@caffeinedelusions yes exactly
@@caffeinedelusionsYou are so right, i dislike Kamala as a person but i’m going to vote for her just so i can participate; its all or nothing our ancestors didn’t die for us to just lay down and give up.
Understand it, can still choose to not vote for super villians though
@@marcomarin1196 and that kind of thinking is the reason why Trump won the first time
The fact that republicans are voting for Kamala should be a big sign that their party is no longer safe right now, what more do people need?
Former republican here! Exactly this!! He is why I proudly say former
(A moment where they have to personally and intimately look down the barrel of the consequences of their actions, i suppose)
The fact that they're comfortable voting for a Democrat says alot
@@antwonewilliams2184 the enemy of my enemy is my friend...for now.
@@antwonewilliams2184 Better the devil you know, they know that despite the ideological issues, and some of the worst parts of the Democratic party, they're still safer to vote for than a twice impeached, convicted felon, who wanks off to tyrants.
Trump has literally said if he wins, no one will have to vote again. If that's not a warning to pay attention to, I'm not sure what is. Thank you for your perspective on this!
i saw someone say “that sentence was taken out of context” which baffles me like what context do you need to make this an acceptable sentence
@@miidnxghts Every election is the most important election in history and is a life or death situation for democracy and freedom so if a guy runs on the platform "I'm going to fix everything", get things "back to normal", make it "great again", in a country where a lot of people don't vote, then it wouldn't strike as unusual to jokingly beg "vote for me just this once and you won't have to worry about it again"
The takeaway to me would be that he's just begging for votes using the same rhetoric as before
I would like to add that politics is a team sport, and while the president is the most important single position, they still need a team backing them up. Congressional Representatives, Senators, Governors, Justices, and more. Even voting for your local school board matters.
This!!! Half of the presidential campaign promises (especially so when it comes to anything with money) needs congress backing. A split, hostile to the president congress automatically hamstrings their platform.
You want a ceasefire and no weapons or money going to Israel? Then you need a heck of a lot of new senators and representatives elected across every state this and '26 elections
Absolutely. Only dictators, like 45 wants to be, work in a vacuum. Presidents do not.
I honestly don't remember a time when it was sane to say both parties are the same.
Although once the neoliberals started coming along, they did get a lot closer for a bit.
I do remember exactly where I was when Obama was declared the winner in 2008. I was flipping between news channels, so I don't remember which one I had landed on, but they had the electoral map up, and they were showing Ohio, and they turned Ohio blue.
Oh I cried. First time in my life that I felt like the "American Dream" actually applied to me.
Doesn't mean I worshiped him. He was a man. Just a man. Intelligent. Well spoken. Kind. Actually loves his wife and children. But still just a man.
"Both parties are the same," was a real 90s thing characterized by the '92 and '96 elections.
@@sonicpsycho13 yep, that's the time frame I'm thinking of.
You could say "both parties are the same" in regards to both Obama's presidencies. At the time, the two biggest issues were the great recession and queer rights. Neither side had a good track record with the latter, and both had proposals that I, quite frankly, did not understand for the former. But neither side vehemently called for the erasure/criminalization of a minority.
Today, even speaking about minorities to children could lose you your career in some states. Medical professionals are forced to let patients suffer in order to save their careers. Parents can lose custody of their children if they get them medical care. In some states, you can be arrested for wearing clothing traditionally assigned to the opposite sex around children. Some states are trying to force religious indoctrination on children in public schools - with or without parental consent. And that all comes from the side of "religious freedom" and "small government."
I also remember where I was when Obama was declared the winner. I was driving home from work and stopped at a red light just as the news came over the radio. My hands flew up off the steering wheel in victorious excitement, then crashed back down the next second because the news reader announced in the next breath that Prop 8 had passed. (For those who don’t remember or weren’t paying attention to us in California, Prop 8 declared that marriage was only legal between a man and a woman and, because we’d already been allowing same-sex marriages, created three classes of state citizens: straight people, legally married gay people, and gay people prohibited from marriage. I’m so glad that mess is behind us.)
@@ButMadNNW626 I do remember hearing about prop 8. I was in Colorado at the time, so it was probably a bigger story than it would have been if I'd been back in Ohio, but I do remember hearing about that.
Fortunately, 2015 happened. By that point, I was back in Ohio, in the city where Obergfell v Hodges started. June 26th, SCOTUS decided, June 27th happened to be the same day of our Pride parade. "Joy" is just not a strong enough word for the atmosphere that day.
And June 28th, in my mainline Christian Church, our pastor told us to be patient with those who are going to have trouble accepting the ruling that Friday, but that they would have to get over it, because if a same sex couple wanted to get married in that church by our clergy, they were welcome to.
"Both parties are bad!"
*gestures at project 25
. . . 😶
What's your point? Trump has nothing to do with project 2025, you know that, right?
I mean, Trump has REPEATEDLY stated that he isn't associated with Project 25. Plus, democrats have had radical plans too, so I don't understand why people are acting like this is so shocking.
Note: I'm not a Trump, nor Harris supporter. I have equally weighted reasons to disagree with both of their policies, and no matter who wins, my world is ruined.
Which is literally just this years edition of the plan the heritage foundation has put out for decades and much of the goals they’ve had over the years has been accomplished with little pushback from democrats. Sorry it took a catchy TikTok video for you to notice
I remember Trump getting elected during my time in Middle School and we watched it pretty much all day via projector- When Trump said "I solemnly swear" as a part of his election, the kid next to me said "Oop I hear sarcasm, we're all fucked" as a joke-
Now I'm in college- I saw the same guy again during this current election debate, and he looked me dead in the eye and said, "Back then I was trying to make a joke not predict the damn future-"
Kamala’s not even Lex Luther bad. She’s more like “generic president in an action movie” than an actual villain.
Typical American doesn't think genocide is villainous.
@@Nick-o-time Well then they're more an ass than she is, because she ISN'T in favour of genocide. She purposefully sought an end to the war, announced it very boldly, hasn't said otherwise because that's the intention (and that was risky for her because she wasn't yet the official candidate at that point and most of her party being horrible sh*tbirds and on board with is)
As a Canadian I won't get to vote, but I am worried af that y'all will pick the rancid dude who wanted them to hang his own VP pick because of incredibly petty reasons. No desire to see more of the trashfire spill over into our politics.
@@Nick-o-time She hasn’t given Israel anything because she’s not the president. Besides, it’s not genocide… yet. It’s oppression and gross disregard for human life but not genocide. They’re warning civilians to get out of places where they’re going to attack and have killed fewer than 2% of the Gaza population, including combatants. If it was a genocide, they’d be killing a lot more people. Rwanda was a genocide. Kosovo was a genocide. Armenia was a genocide. Nazi Germany was a genocide. What Israel is doing is more like what everyone was doing in WWII: bombing the crap out of everything hoping to hit some bad guys and cripple the opposition’s capacity to build weapons and fight back.
Hamas wants to commit genocide. They targeted an area mostly populated by pro-Palestine Jews and slaughtered anyone they could find, committing deliberate atrocities, including rape, torture, murder, and mutilation. Fortunately, Hamas is weak, so they could never accomplish what they want unless they provoke Israel enough to become so terrible that they lose their allies, gain more enemies, and are annihilated in a massive Middle East war. Hamas doesn’t care because they’re hateful religious nut cakes, just like much of Netanyahu’s coalition. Israel, being run by some of its worst people, took the bait and has exceeded expectations. If things get too bad for Israel, like if they lose allies and get attacked hard from all sides, they’ll become desperate, and then you’ll see horrors that make Gaza look like a practice run. Israel has nukes. Their neighbors don’t.
The status quo military-industrial complex candidate is the better option than electing a fascist corporate brand. I think lex luthor is a perfect description of the level of detached psychopathy one needs to possess to hold the keys to the nuclear engine in a 2024 presidency.
@@DaBaSoftware Lex Luther is more corrupt, though. He knows he’s a rotten person and embraces it, even as he tries to hide it publicly.
As a disabled lesbian I am legit in fear for my life if the tangerine gets elected again. I've already been threatened by the damn conservatives living all around me if they get him in again they aren't going to fear the consequences of coming after me and mine. Sure, Biden and Kamala aren't the candidates I would want in a perfect world (ideally I'd want progressives, not liberals) but at least them in office doesn't threaten American lives. It's ridiculous that we have to keep reminding people that the candidates that DON'T want to attack their own citizens are the ones we should actually be electing!
Ok but what yall don't seem to comprehend is "not wanting to hurt American citizens" is literally the lowest bar. It's like "yeah my partner is abusive but they don't HIT me." Like are you not tired of choosing "the lesser of two evils". Wouldnt it be nice to have a candidate that's decent, good even? Instead of just "not as bad" or just not a literal monster. Why are you SO MAD that leftist demand better. A lot of the people saying these things ARE gonna vote for Kamala. Do t be mad when a politician gets constructive criticism.
Same as a lesbian of color with Autism.
@@salishanmusic Uh, friend? You're arguing with someone already on your side. You're right that the bar is literally in hell at this point and I absolutely want someone more progressive that wants to fight for the rights of everyone, not just bow down to the corporations. But right now I know we have to pick our battles and stand united or we'll get split in two and lose like we did in 2016. Let's make sure the yahtzis don't get control of the government first, then we can try and get someone GOOD for the country.
You can't deal with strife within when there are enemies baying for your blood at the gates.
@@salishanmusic No one's mad that a politician is getting constructive criticism. we're mad that ya'll are derailing the conversation and calling democrats "Blue MAGA" and making Dems out to be JUST AS BAD as the repubs. We know that it's the lowest bar. We just want you to step over it so we can move the fuck on.
@@salishanmusicbecause you aren’t actually making those demands in any way that’ll promote change; most leftists who say, “Both are bad,” are doing so with the intent to protest by… not voting or writing in a name, which has never worked in the history of America.
It’s absolutely insane to think people are getting mad because Kamala is getting criticism. We’re mad because your solution to “just as bad” is to vote obscure or not vote at all.
Nobody wants to be voting for damage control, but that’s the state of our politics right now. So I’ll take the ‘person who only hits me sometimes’ over the ‘literal monster’ for now.
As a Palestinian, I’ve never been so disheartened in my life. Politics has always done my people dirty and the money has always spoken for itself, but to be this vocal on both sides, I feel crippled. Truly one is worse than other, but I just wish one day there would be a politician that didn’t help annihilate my people.
"Because a black person, a black woman, existing in any other context that any other kind of person exist can just automatically be seen as political."
Not a one-to-one by a long shot, and definitely need to account for intersectionality when I say this, but as a queer person, biiiiiig f*ckin' mood.
Thank you so much for speaking up.
Disabled, too.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Big fucking mood. As far as my queerness goes, as a trans man, I thankfully and sadly seem to be borderline invisible, especially when compared to cis gay men, and trans women of any orientation.
My family knows I'm about ready to flee this country for my own health and safety if it comes down to it along with many others in my family and friend groups due to either being women or queer.
One thing I was always raised on with this is: "If you don't vote, then you don't have the right to complain about the results. Because you did nothing. You contributed nothing. You changed nothing."
At least the ones that still vote to make change, even when they're not happy with what they have to work with, and even if what they vote for ends up not making it, at least they are still trying. They are still contributing. They are still doing their part.
That's something I definitely learned from people around me in 2016. I remember people bragging that they weren't voting or didn't vote. Then those same people were upset when Trump won. I remember being incredibly confused, because they were PROUD of not voting. They just assumed Clinton would win because Trump is a clown and had fumbles. When he did win, I feel like there was an air of embarrassment around those that didn't vote. At least I hope there was.
But this, intentionally or not, gives the impression that voting is the only thing one needs to do. Voting is next to nothing in the grand scheme of things. Next to nothing is still better than nothing, especially at local levels, but it still doesn't change enough by itself. Whoever ends up on charge will still protect billionaires while marginalised people suffer, and will keep sending bombs to a genocide, and in four more years we'll still be exactly where we were, forced to vote for the "lesser evil" because the greater evil will still be unthinkable.
And the powers that be _like it this way._
“I know all of our rights were at stake along with the future of democracy b-b-but palestine”
In my opinion its nothing but a pacifier against real change that would actually benefit most people. Its an illusion of choice with the current voting system. Ever since i could vote my only options has been trump vs not trump and i watched the democratic convention and was nothing but a trump rally but with many starts instead of one früher dancing stupidly.
would not be surprised if you do nothing outside of voting other than sharing posts on social media lmao
something people don't realise is that not voting or not caring about who you vote for because it "doesn't matter" is how people like Hitler got into power, think about that next time you consider not voting or just voting for whoever.
It’s not actually true though. Hitler win because his party was popular and more people voted for his party. Let’s be real Biden had a sexual assault allegation leved against him and that woman got dragged and destroyed because it was inconvenient for her to be bad mouthing the guy you wanted. Me Too unless it’s a Dem in a general election is all anyone took away from that.
And what if kamala is horrible? Biden was senile. Will you take responsibility for that? Kamala already has a plan to increase taxes for my tax bracket so my family will lose everything they worked for.
I used to be an "the lesser is evil is still evil" abstainer.
Then I started thinking about other people and approach the polls as harm reduction.
It's not my fault that I've never seen an R next to the candidate that presented the least amount of harm moving forward.
That is not at all how Hitler got into power. Hitler garnered a lot of support that the German government wanted to use in their favor. The issue is that, as soon as he got unrestricted power, he used it to kill and arrest his political rivals. The people, generally, believed in his messaging, all of which was intentionally engineered propaganda against leftists and Jewish people.
The people wanted a populist leader who would support workers, but years of anti-socialist propaganda made them outright hate anyone who supported that rhetoric. Hitler sold them populist rhetoric through a racist lense. The issue here is that both Democrats AND Republicans preach against leftist ideas, which makes Trump a repeating issue that isn't going away even if he gets thrown in prison and dies.
@@CollinGerberding exactly, sometimes the lesser evil is just the better option
"And Dad if you can hear me from down there, i hope that just gave you heart burn" absolutely no quarter for the unworthy
i swear some people think it's more important to do nothing wrong than to do something right or even just hopefully productive. like inaction can also be deadly if you won't make a decision because both options are bad
Not to decide is to decide the status quo
As the band Rush once sang, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
"Voting doesn't change anything!" You're not forced to ONLY vote! Voting is one of many tools used to change society. Voting may not provide the specific change you want right now. But it can provide a safe enough political landscape to let you focus on the issues that DO matter to you.
The 4 boxes of civic engagement, Ballot Box, Soap Box, Jury Box and Cartridge Box. Hopefully we never get to a point where the Cartridge Box becomes a necessity.
I really appreciate that you are tackling the issues in the left that actually matter. I’m way more left leaning and it’s annoying that the criticisms of left wing politics are only really about “wokeness” and inclusivity being bad when really there are real issues that should be addressed but aren’t because they are overshadowed by fucking scarecrow arguments. I respect the shit out of you for saying this and it gives me hope that we as a nation can be more honest about the things we need to fix instead of letting scare rhetoric dictate our opinions
Mm, conversations about wokeness are usually being had by the right or centerists.
It might be worth saying: Real critical conversations do get had within the left, but almost always fall under "the left eats itself" issues because it often causes a big blow up and people no longer working together. Which just f's up whoever wants to get things done.
The left is fractous, and some folks who lean left on policy are not great people. (Ex: dirtbag leftists admit they're assholes socially and often start fights because they're still racist and sexist and think that should be fine, and Ex2: tankies are often too uncritical of actual gen*c*de to get along with the rest of the left because even dirtbags think that's Zer0% okay)
But there are people having conversations about how we should be focusing on policy, even with people we really really don't like personally, political things don't require us to like every other voter, just get a very wide net of people who want better for society, and in that way even assholes can be useful if they'll contribute to grassroots runs and votes.
The best people to criticize the right are on the left (because the right doesn’t criticize itself), but ironically, the best people to criticize the left… are also on the left. There’s nothing us leftists like more than to criticize other leftists, and our criticism is often (definitely not always, especially online) more substantial than the right’s criticism. We base our arguments on core principles; they just insult us for our identities
We the real left really know that the democrats aren't really left... they just pretend to be so
@@books2438 You're not wrong, we do a lot of self critique, but we also can't let that self critique get in the way of actually helping people.
@@blackbelt352-dd Oh I 100% agree. There’s a lot of fighting over meaningless stuff sometimes, mostly in online « activism » circles.
Radical Acceptance. I need to explain that to my kids. It's something I didn't figure out until I was in my 40s (but I have voted in every election since my 18th birthday, Mondale!!). I have always liked you, and now I wish you were my daughter. Or niece. Cousin. Thank you.
SHE WAS FUCKING SPITTTINNN
The center-left’s criticism of Kamala (they’re not actually that far-left, there’s no real Marxist movement here. Marxists will never vote for her because she’s a liberal anyways, at minimum she’d need to be a social democrat.) is really just two fronts: Palestine and healthcare. Frankly I think that if Kamala did actually just implement an arms embargo on Israel they’d be satiated, but she’s a coalition leader, so the other part of the coalition would hate her for it. So she can’t, because that other part matters way more since it houses the swing voters and centrists. Same thing with universal healthcare, she can’t do that because the conservative part of her coalition would be very annoyed. It’s a balancing act of maintaining a massive coalition, which leads to slow change, unless that coalition all agrees on one thing, which it doesn’t rn.
Yup you get it. She's a centrist and the real left/socialists won't vote for her..
Both are bad, but one is much worse.
Miss the point by a country mile beloved one party cap to black folks when them need votes the other WANT YOU DEAD both sides after we win
Why she mentioned the lex Luther and joker vote
@@LAWless_Nonsense : Exactly.
@@LAWless_NonsenseI liked her analogy until she said she was exited for Kamala. It’s valid to vote for her over the orange fascist (ik I will) but I’m not particularly happy about selecting blue MAGA. I’m sick of no real meaningful change and ppl’s civil rights being treated like they’re up for debate
@@LAWless_Nonsense Would you vote for a crook in a functioning society, or a mad man who wants to watch the world *burn?*
One party is willing to make sure that you have basic human rights…the other wants you either in chains or dead…these are not the same.
You do understand that republicans fought against slavery right. Like they are about freedom and the constitution. The democrats take away more freedoms.
Eh .... asterisk there. Both parties have their politically convenient populations that can lose their human status in the name of larger goals.
I'd encourage people to vote, but I also don't blame them when they look at the American political machine that uses brown and poor people's bones for fuel and think ... yeah man, I'm not excited about this.
the question is which is which?
@@michellesc0711not at all. People who have critical thinking skills don’t have to ask the who or what.
Like it seems you have, we didn’t JUST learn 2 facts about politics and think we know everything.
Why don’t you get back into football?
@@stephanier.tinney343 lol to me it’s ironic that you’d assume that I only know two things about politics. And that i like football, as someone who only watched the Super Bowl halftime shows and isn’t even into college football as my coworkers are. You are assuming a lot about my character because of who i vote. That’s literally part of the problem with current politics.
there’s a lot of people proposing 3rd party, but this election is *not* the time to mess around with the third parties. not when there’s threats of the removal of voting, or even direct corruption in the voting.
so! maybe we shouldn’t risk our ability to vote!
Third parties haven’t pushed either major party to improve. It’s a wasted vote, like voting for Mickey Mouse.
I'm voting third party because I will not vote for genocide. You people are disgusting.
I’ve never really voted third party but I think if there’s any possibility of it happening it’s got to start at a more local level first. Expecting it to start right at the top you’d probably have better odds spending all your money on lotto tickets.
@@ariwl1Exactly. To get a viable third option for the presidency, someone has to do the work and build up from local on up. You don’t just show up at a job interview and expect to be named the boss of the company.
@@ariwl1 Exactly! People who want better options need to vote for them in local and state elections.
the part about the bazooka (is that how you write it?) is why Europeans follow US politics. We are in range.
(Yes)
Our economy has caused global financial collapse, and our carbon pollution fills the atmosphere. The entire world is in range!
And us Canadians too. Everytime something happens in the US, some weirdo over here tries to copy it. Poilièvre is following in Trump’s footsteps. Some other politicians wanted to reopen the abortion debate following what happened in the US.
@@books2438 don't get me started on German politics and how every time they meet with Trump they pull another weird card (pun not intended) like dismissing European law and close the borders to immigration
@@books2438 God, I feel so sorry for Canadians. I hate Trump and Harris, but oml Trudeau and Polièvere are so much worse 😭
Our house is burning, we have a leak in the basement, and the gutters need fixing. What type of gutters do you get? It doesn't matter. The house is burning. Deal with less severe problems after the tangerine emergency is resolved.
No human made system of government has been perfect and even if you are involved you don’t always get the results you want and rarely as fast you want them.
But not voting does not change the system; it removes your voice from it while still subjecting yourself to it. Progress is possible, but not if we let the worst option in.
👏🏾👏🏾. Reasonable to demand Vice President Kamala to hold that bazooka wisely and still be excited about her candidacy. 🙌🏿
You are in no position to make demands of a candidate that you've already committed to voting for.
@@deadcopfiend777 How so? You don't have demands of someone you intend to make president?
@@dont_know_my_name I don't intend to vote for holocaust harris, but my point is that if you're already committed to voting for someone, they don't have any incentive to listen to your demands.
@@dont_know_my_name seems like my comment was deleted but my point is that yr vote is the only leverage you have to make demands of a candidate and if yr going to vote for them no matter what they have no reason to listen to you.
“But both parties are bad!”
It’s like these people don’t understand the concept of “the lesser of two evils”!!
"I'm gonna vote for evil!' Do you even hear yourselves?
@Nick-o-time Yes. It’s called “Damage control.” She LITERALLY just used two villains as an example (Since apparently Kamala is among the corrupt now ig). If you vote Luthor, that skews the polls that bit more AWAY from Joker (obviously the greater evil). This is a “Would You Rather?” war, and Not voting just leaves more room for Trumpists to take hold. It just means that you’re complacent with just letting the Joker have your head as an option.
thats the dumbest shit I have ever heard.
how about having more than two political parties you absolute brainiac.
@@Nick-o-time see, the thing is, evil will win no matter what. Even if you don't vote for evil, you're still letting evil happen.
And also, it's not "I'm gonna vote for evil", it's "I'm gonna vote for the lesser evil"
We are not voting for genocide, we are voting against Trump
@@Nick-o-timedo you understand the concept of not being an idiot?
I'm a registered Green Party. I voted a Green ticket and we got landed with Trump. So the next time I voted bue, and am resigned to do it again.
Vote green party for LOCAL elections. Vote Dem for Federal and any local elections where a Green Party is not present. THAT is how viable parties are built- by voting EVERY election, from the ground up (there are election cycles every two years !)
Adding to the previous comment: in most places, there are elections every year on local ordinances, state propositions, judges, etc. And those local elections, although less glamorous, affect your life more directly than the federal offices. EVERY election matters.
Thank you for making the pragmatic choice and voting Democrat for president. I hope someday we have a viable third party (and/or ranked choice voting) for president.
How'd you get landed with the ImPotus?
I didn't even know that could happen.
I voted Green in 2020 and it didn't really amount to anything. They did worse than the freaking libertarians; maybe we should just infiltrate the established party closer to our interests/values with all their infrastructure already built and available for us to exploit?
Not voting blue till they do more to save gazan children. I won't vote for the pro genocide party and unfortunately it's both kamala and trump. Not just one or the other.
Your points are super valid, I'm pretty neutral on kamala but very positive on Tim Walz. I am also afraid of the tangerine returning to power
As a British 16 year old, I cried when Trump got elected, and I was proven right at every turn to worry. People died, protections were repealed, America categorically got worse on nearly every level. It's so much power to make sure that doesn't happen again and this time you have a decent option to replace him with!
You were 16 then or are you 16 now, I got confused?
I cried too-for 3 days. I hope my tears this time around are ones of joy!
And not just America. American culture and politics have so much power and influence. Other countries are directly affected when the US takes the lead in racist, misogynistic, queerphobic policies. The world is watching, and right wingers across the world are being inspired and emboldened. It's so much bigger than the US
Although I’m a CHILD I can completely agree with her I’ve also looked into the 2025 projects let’s just say it’s not gonna be good for anyone he is trying to take away rights that have already been placed down like wtf
Trump has gone many times on record saying that he doesnt agree with project 2025 in the slightest.
@@Reaper_777-wc7yoNo he’s been on recorded claiming that he doesn’t know what it is despite the fact that a majority of people that he worked with and employed helped make it and used his name to promote it.
@@Reaper_777-wc7yo So... you're believing the liar? The man who lies so frequently it may as well be his whole vocabulary? The man who takes EVERY. SIGNLE. CHANCE. he gets to spout utter nonsense and falsehoods.
Thats the guy you going to believe? You're sincerely going to go "oh yeah that makes sense. He said it 🤷♂️"
@@ryanmackenzie6109 Both sides lie all the time. Do you really think the left cares about you or anyone else. They just wanna line their pockets with the money of fools.
@@Reaper_777-wc7yo He's also a pathological liar so....
totally unrelate to the rant which was great, the power behind "if you can hear me from down there"
"totally unrelated to the rant (which was great), ...."
It took me a couple of passes to realize what you were actually saying, lol. I thought you didn't relate to the rant, and I was so confused 😂
*enthusiastic applause* for allllllll of that.
"voting doesn't do anything" do you even know who is running for the governor of your state? What about state representatives? Voting doesn't work if all you're voting for is one office!
What about city council? District attorney? School board? ESPECIALLY the school board. Like, just take 15 minutes of your evenings the couple of weeks running up to the election to look up who these people are and what they stand for, what their background is, who is bankrolling them, where their endorsements are coming from. Check for dog whistles (and honestly, these days, just full on open whistles). Yes it takes some work, but that is what responsibility looks like-the responsibility that comes with the privilege of voting.
@@flibbertygibbetteAt a BARE MINIMUM, find an organization whose work you trust, who support the goals you support (e.g. HRC or the local organization for your chosen party) and see who they’re endorsing, as they already did the research.
The absolute nerve of using that particular insult. When someone says “I just don’t like either candidate”/“I just don’t like the sound of her voice”/“I don’t agree with this one specific policy,” what I hear is “I’m such an egomaniac that I will let this nation go to ruin because I’ve decided it makes me unique and special.”
The nerve to reward an administration that is committing genocide for almost a year now with 4 more years of leadership is actually insulting to sanity. Vote Jill Stein! Do not vote for genocide!
A lot of people out there would rather sit on the sidelines and tell everyone “I told you so” after the fact because it’s easier, and they don’t have to get their hands dirty. If you can’t take 20 minutes out of your day to go vote for the sane candidate, do really expect me to believe you’ll be in the streets when Trump deploys the military to break up protests?
A rule of thumb: don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough. I am going to paraphrase Bernie Sanders here: Giving up is a privilege that we do not have right now. We can't wait for the world to be perfect before we deign to get involved. You take the world as it is and find a way to move forward to make it better.
No candidate is perfect, I don't love party politics, but I know which candidate and party more closely aligns with my values. If a bunch of young idealists sit out this election and get me stuck without bodily autonomy for decades to come, those are the people who don't get to complain about how bad things get. They get to listen to me complain about how scared I am of ending up with medically dangerous pregnancy.
I'm pretty sure that getting ectopic pregnancies terminated can't be banned, and both Presidential candidates won't ban abortions in the case of r*pe or a situation where the carrier would die. As long as people don't have unprotected sex, people will have a minimal chance of becoming pregnant. Even if a c*ndom is broken, there's still a low chance for the uterus carrying person to be at that specific point of the cycle, especially seeing as it is possible to track your cycle, and then there's also the chance that the spermotoza carrying person could be infertile.
There is really no reason for there to be a need for an abortion, unless there is a medical reason and/or r*pe involved, and both of which will still be protected. Not to mention, even if there is a 6 week ban, there's still 6 weeks. Yes, during 4 of those weeks you could be unaware, but you should be aware during the 5th and 6th that you missed a period, and take a pregnancy test.
Note: Any and all uses of the term "You", "Your", "Yours", and "You're" are not directly aimed at you, just an in-general usage.
2:28 Yes! Fellow vet here. I was raised evangelical fundie in the 80s and 90s, which included some very toxic purity culture. That same purity culture is on the left, especially the far left. It often feels to me as though it's more important that their particular flavor of [socialism | Marxism | Anarcho-syndicalism | etc] be the "correct" one rather than to attempt to solve the problems in front of us. It is no different from the purity culture of my youth. "Your messiah isn't coming!" is such a succinct summation of this. I'm an engineer, I don't get to play in the frictionless world of physics, I have to account for friction, and signal loss, and noise. Engineering is all about managing compromise, knowing what is critical and what is not. Politics feels the same way to me. It's about managing compromise, but with people.
We have like 600 years of colonialism, Imperialism, and capitalism to reverse. This work will not be accomplished overnight. We have to keep doing the work to move us in that direction. It likely won't happen in our lifetime. But we must continue the work. And that includes voting for the candidate who has not all, but at least some of your values.
Thabk you for posting this!
Can't wait for Crayola to release their "Traitorous Tangerine" Crayon
A good example of how change via voting takes time and consistency is how roe v wade got overturned. When roe v wade first happened, most republicans were on board, no problem. Being anti-bortion was not the standard for being republican at the time. But over decades of targeted, organized, consistent pushing from the far right, here we are. We can make positive changes if we organize and put forth consistent effort. Change is not impossible, it's just slower than we'd like, and it's worth fighting for.
More like voting for Obama to codify roe, he goes “ehh never mind y’all” and y’all never punished or criticized democrats for not doing shit when they had the opportunity to do so
"Who do you want holding that bazooka" Is so elegantly concise and illustrates the choice beautifully.
Love your stuff. Thank you for your service, your authenticity, your voice, and your platform.
I was in the college dorms when Obama was elected. One of the other girls squealed so loud I heard from my room, I came out, she was running down the hallway with an ENORMOUS grin… and I knew. I just knew. We both hugged and cheered, the excitement was ALL through the dorm.
And hell, even when BIDEN got elected, that day in November when the results came in, we were PARTYING at my house. There was such a palpable feeling of elation and relief (and I rode that high into getting my ass to therapy and getting on meds) so, yes - I am ABSOLUTELY going to allow myself to be excited for Kamala.
My sister’s birthday is days after the election, my birthday is Inauguration Day. We gonna _party_ when Harris wins and again when she takes office.
(And I’m glad you found the motivation and spare capacity to get the help you needed. 💙)
Hell yeah!
@@ButMadNNW626I was extremely fortunate, because in addition to the emotional high, I also had a support network and we live in an area where I could get a therapist.
That’s something I never want to take for granted
One party wants me un-alived, the other doesn't. Simple choice for me.
One party wants me dead, the other only says they don’t for votes*
Just because theyre the lesser of two evils, that doesnt mean we should overlook the fact that the dems dont care about the actual people, they care about winning. Just because they’re useful to beat the worse party that doesn’t mean we should forget that. Under biden’s administration project 2025 policies were still being pushed and were barely even fought by the biden administration. You cant trust authoritarians, even if theyre useful in stopping the more overtly violent ones.
YES. skepticism AND excitement! not just one or the other!! and "both parties are the same" makes me want to SCREAM.
Voting is a zero sum game in this country. Not voting because your guy isn't quite what you want or perfect, is a default vote for the other guy.
Thank you! It's a shame you even had to make this video but thank you for doing it
I spoke to a group of Republicans campaigning at a county fair a few weeks ago and was confused and alarmed at how out of touch with reality they were. I tried very hard not to bring up controversial topics simply to educate myself on who these people were, but hearing a group of old men *obsessing* about illegal immigration instead of, y'know, ACTUAL PROBLEMS was pretty frustrating. The day-to-day Republicans you come across aren't necessarily bad people, they're just very very poorly informed about the reality of what's going on in the country they live in.
Joker vs Lex Luthor? 😅 I'm gonna have to pass on Joker. Chaotic evil is not great for the stability of any country.
Exactly.
Lawful Neutral (Luthor) has consistency, and if not the motivations, one could trust the consistencies.
Lemma have a try for Lawful Neutral or Neutral Good, tho (I am biased lol)~
You absolutely nailed it eloquently and passionately. My PoliSci degree specialty was Public Law. I hate that it takes literally waving the degree around to be taken seriously. You're amazing. Saving this so I can show it to everyone who has abandoned basic logical thinking.
My take is definitely vote blue because ya one side is inarguably far far worse, but that going forward we HAVE to find a way to get more options in because this lesser of two evils shit is how we got into this situation in the first place and if something doesn't change it's only gonna keep getting worse. No you will never find your "perfect" candidate but we need more options because with just the 2 only ever available it lets both parties deteriorate to the point they're becoming closer and closer to just being the same singular party.
I agree we need ways to make other candidates viable; I’d like to see ranked choice voting, for example, and for the Electoral College to be relegated to history. And remember to vote for more progressive candidates in local elections, both because those elections more directly affect you and because local and state changes eventually trickle up to the federal level.
But I’m 45 and _so tired_ of seeing people claim that the parties are the same or even getting close to being the same. They’re really, _really_ not.
@@ButMadNNW626 I've never seen someone actually name any benefits of the electoral college
@@HunterLvyiXIII Same... it's not doing any good for anyone. The less populous states get less Electroal Votes, and the more populous states get their Electoral Votes, and sometimes even more than they should, because the Electoral Votes are based on the census, and the census includes undocumented people, boosting border states such as Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and California's Electoral Votes even higher... if it was by actual votes, it'd be better, since we'd see how many people actually voted who. Oh! I almost forgot how the people in charge of the Electoral Votes can still make the vote for the wrong candidate!
@@HunterLvyiXIII To my knowledge, the idea was to encourage candidates to cater to a cross section of the population (giving rural/less-populated areas a bit more sway so that candidates wouldn't only cater to population centers). I think it’s a solid idea, honestly, but the current winner-takes-all system of each state's electoral votes doesn't work. If electoral votes were distributed based on percentages of a state's votes, then there wouldn’t be the same fixation on the select few “purple” states in a given election, and people in states that swing solidly one way or the other would still feel like their votes mattered. That's my two cents, at least!
@@ilikecake3456 yeah, everything you said makes sense. I agree the electoral college doesn't work as it's supposed to (for the nations' best interest), I also think it wasn't even the best solution back then. Land can't vote, but a system where only metropolitan spaces are catered to isn't sustainable either. Not to mention the gerrymandering! We're definitely overdo for an overhaul imo
Thanks for your comment
Let's talk basics. The right is defined by increasing the power of the already powerful and making hierarchy more extreme with fewer people on top. The left is defined by decreasing hierarchy and distributing power/money more equally. People fall on different places on that spectrum. The Democratic party isn't nearly as far left as progressives. So a lot of progressives think that spitefully not voting for Democrats will make them realize that they need progressives.
The problem with this belief is that it ignores the facts that progressives themselves have gathered. That politicians are controlled by the money it takes to get elected. Not their beliefs. Not their personal political goals. Not even the beliefs of voters. Advertising wins out. So if the far left stays home or votes 3rd party, and the Dems lose, do the wealthy pulling us right gain ground or lose it? Do they have more control over elections with a Republican in charge, or less? Conversely, did the far right _ever_ decide to punish Republicans for not overturning Roe v. Wade by not voting for them? Or did they keep voting Republican, protesting loudly all the time, and focusing on grassroots positions until they took over the party and got the policy they wanted?
Yes. We have to vote _as left as we can_ among viable choices or we have no chance to keep pulling the country left. Because every time the right wins, we get dragged back - not just right, but _back_ - and it takes *so much effort* to regain that lost ground.
And don’t just stop at voting. Call, write, sign petitions. The politicians can’t know that their voters support certain policies if they never hear you say it.
@@ButMadNNW626 Yes. Voting only takes one day. It doesn't stop you from community building, organizing, protesting, or any other task. There's no need to choose between working for radical change _and_ voting for the best environment for that work.
I'd prefer democrats in theory, but they really don't make poor people any better off. Everytime they give checks, that comes out of the people's bank accounts with tax. When everyone gets more money, the stores raise their prices, essentially putting us back where we used to be, and quite often even worse.
no notes. just mad respect.
I feel this. Probably not as much as Nicque or anyone else but I WANT to be excited for Kamala for once. I haven't been excited for a presidential election since I can remember. I want to be hopeful that maybe women will get a say in their own bodies and that maybe we can take another step towards the future. Maybe we can end up with a future where it looks like climate change won't doom us all. I dunno, I just want to be excited for the future, for once, instead of looking up how to flee the country.
You are wise beyond your years. You passionately make so much sense. This is a job, with job applicants. Who do you hire?
FUCKING THANK YOU. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
It is disgusting that someone even thought that, much less said it! That is just vile! Girl, I am so sorry. You deserve better.
I found her example really funny, considering Lex Luthor did, in fact, become President in the comics.
I've never heard an argument so beautiful as that last one. It quite literally sums up the dangers this dude holds if he were to get his crusty face on the term
We didn't have time for it in the last two elections either. We'll be dealing with the consequences of Trump's first, and hopefully only, presidency for decades. We wont suvive a second.
🙋🏻♀️ I have something to say about you being a black veteran. It's the same thing I have to say to veterans of any demographic...
It's THANK YOU❣️🎗️
Thank you. So much. For saying what I feel every time I hear someone say "Both sides are the same."
I have clients, and we talk. And it is bad for business to shake them by the shoulders and tie them to a chair and make them watch videos like yours. But I want to. You are so eloquent in your argument with the passion to show your seriousness.
I will be voting blue no matter who because all this. I do know people more closely connected to the problems overseas who feel they cannot bring themselves to do that, and that's a tough choice.
All the young ppl getting tricked into staying at home need to turn out, and for everyone else voting 🟩, at least you're making your voice heard!
THANK YOU i have seen SO MUCH of this bullshit on my dashboard lately and i feel like i'm going fucking insane.
That's an epic diploma.
Both parties are fucked, but one party is outlandishly hateful - and its candidate is insane.
I just got to the “house slave” part and had to take a moment.
Hugs. They won’t fix shit but… hugs anyway.
Show up, people! We can't risk another Republican presidency period if the past few years and project 2025 are anything to go by.
Thankyou to the conservatives and republicans for going 💙 this election. It brings me joy that an opposing side can unite with us to vote out tyranny. Let’s move forward, we are not going back.
Thanks for clarifying that the person throwing racist stuff at you wasn't right wing, because sometimes I need the reminder. Not falling into a 'no true scotsman' argument.
Thank you so much for making this, Nicque! Dead ass, I’m very grateful for this video, you’ve managed to articulate exactly what I’ve been thinking about this whole situation. I’m a proud leftist, but I’m also a pretty young one who’s still relatively new to politics in general. So seeing all these things going on on my side of the proverbial fence is…well it’s definitely eye-opening. I’m sorry you got called something so awful. Stay safe and keep dropping that truth, fam!
This reminds me of a video I saw, talking about how people think that voting for nobody is better than voting for the lesser evil, even when not voting at all gives the greater evil a bigger chance of winning. It just feels wrong to vote for someone, who you have a lot of problems with, even when it's the better option, it feels worse than not voting for many people even when logically it really isn't.
Voting Blue so we don’t get this racist agent orange again smh
... I'm sorry why do people dislike Kamala Harris again? I've seen so much hate but I literally can't comprehend why. Especially compared to fucking Trump.
-She's the Vice President so she going to be tied to the Biden administration regardless
-Every that supports can barly explain why outside of Trump bad.
I believe due to her saying she would still support Israel in the genocide they are leading against Palestine and you know racism and sexism and misogyny
She's fundamentally a decent choice to the point republicans barely have a nickname for her. She's a straightforwardly competent candidate with experience. People just come up with her history as a prosecutor making her a cop apologist despite her actual policies
@@Sootielove actually, most of the flack she's getting (from the left) is for her military stance and promise to continue supporting Isreal. Which is understandable, buuuut... call me selfish, I'm voting for the candidate that doesn't want to, you know, dead or pregnant against my will.
Literally the only criticisms I’ve seen from Republicans about her are that she’s emphasized different parts of her heritage at different times (almost like she tailors her speech to her audience like any other quality speaker), she once dated a guy who helped her get one of her first low-level jobs in government (because no one else has ever done that in the history of the world), and something-something border. They have nothing of substance for their attacks.
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." We consistently hamstring ourselves waiting for the perfect option while others make decisions against our best interests.
Thank you for finally putting it into words.
not. going. back! This sums up so many of my thoughts as well, thank you for using your platform to advocate!
Me hearing Harris talk about Israel: 😒
Me hearing Harris talk about most other things: 😌
If every country just keeps voting more democratic, eventually there must be a democratic elect who is anti colonialism and anti gen6cide. Hopefully. We’ll get there.
What motivates them to change if they know they've got your vote regardless?
Don't let them take you for granted.
@@hankbarcelona7314the motivation is the U.S slowly becoming more progressive, which it has been since it started, but we’re going backwards because of the orange
Voting is a strategic choice not necessarily a demonstration of ideology. Do i think Obama,Biden, abd Harris were all variations on centrist neolib American hegemony? Sure. Were they qualified or the better of choices? I think so. Wishing for better choices and scrually choosing from from the hand you got are different things, one of them is an actual action. And a lot of "progressive" politics happens outside of electoral politics in opposition to the powers that be. Strategically voting for activist is picking your opponent.
Most of the people on the left I've seen demanding(yes demanding) abstaining from the vote are those at the back of the line of targets for a white supremacist christo fascist administration and it's getting old.
People are really interesting to me or stupid here the fact you can have all the expectations but if you people don't vote locally the president can't help you
The house and the Senate exist all of them together creates legislation
The president can't just walk in and be here that what it is now
Sis you are a rockstar!! Anime lover, veteran and now you come to preach!! My son may put off going in until we are sure who going to hold that bazooka.
As someone who's currently in, that is so valid. I am very nervous about who will hold the bazooka. But good luck to your son!
The gathering in this video was immaculate! Articulate, well thought out, and to the fucking point. Thank you, ma'am! You are doing important work in the classiest way imaginable.
I'm disappointed that I can only 'like' this one time.
I am queer, disabled, and neurodivergent, and genuinely, I’m absolutely terrified of what is happening to our country.
This isn’t the land of the free or the land of the people who have liberty, this is the land of division.
Oh my gosh an actually sane person talking about politics, who is making sense and being reasonable and smart, if I had a nickel for every time I saw this happen I’d have ONE NICKEL AND BE GOING INTO SEVERE DEBT. (also tangerine club I’m dying 😂)