tpoliticalmemes·Political Memesbytrek32 Vote for someone you can push forward on the issuesView original on lemmy.world301Comments8
VVoroxpete sh.itjust.works1Hide 1 replyAnother way I've heard this phrased is "Voting is when you get to choose your opponent."33
grysbok replylemmy.sdf.orgYeah, I had it explained as "you're playing a video game and you get to choose the final boss. Do you choose Bowser or SpaceGodzilla?" I'd go with Bowser. At least in SM RPG he was capable of working with his opponents towards a common good.4
JJaggedRobotPubes replylemmy.worldThat's a discussion for a post-ranked-choice world: Https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo4
IIgnotum lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesSo Trump then, he's easily pushed around, if you have money that is-15
uusernamesAreTricky replylemmy.ml2Hide 2 repliesEasily pushed around by dictators and billionaires, not so easily pushed by average citizens Harris is more able to be influenced by public pressure which is what John Oliver is trying to get at47
IIgnotum replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyYeah that's what the joke i was going for, if you're super wealthy then he's the candidate for you since he'll do anything you tell him to if you just "donate" enough8
JJaggedRobotPubes replylemmy.worldUntil he takes your money and then doesn't do it anyway. But other than that!4
Another way I've heard this phrased is "Voting is when you get to choose your opponent."
Yeah, I had it explained as "you're playing a video game and you get to choose the final boss. Do you choose Bowser or SpaceGodzilla?"
I'd go with Bowser. At least in SM RPG he was capable of working with his opponents towards a common good.
In that case I'd prefer Claudia de la Cruz
That's a discussion for a post-ranked-choice world:
Https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo
So Trump then, he's easily pushed around, if you have money that is
Easily pushed around by dictators and billionaires, not so easily pushed by average citizens
Harris is more able to be influenced by public pressure which is what John Oliver is trying to get at
Yeah that's what the joke i was going for, if you're super wealthy then he's the candidate for you since he'll do anything you tell him to if you just "donate" enough
Until he takes your money and then doesn't do it anyway.
But other than that!