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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThis is the point where I point to the original post.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoThe original post is very Pollyanna and ignores systemic and demographic problems that will never allow that level of domination. I’ve been voting for 25 years and these things haven’t happened, and I don’t think they will ever happen.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s a tad simplistic but it’s on point because the left never shows up or votes 3rd party. If they showed up, it would be a big change.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI think the reason the left never shows up is because they don’t exist in the numbers Internet wonks think they do.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMaybe, maybe not. But 3rd party instead of Gore cost him the election. I think the protest non voters cost Hillary the election. And in any case the target for discussion here is all these Lemmy users that don’t vote in protest.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoPeople who don’t vote in protest are an example of how idiotic Americans are, and why I think the post is fallacious.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoOversimplification is a fallacy. “Just get everyone to vote” ignores a lot of other problems. Like the intelligence of the general public.
This is the point where I point to the original post.
The original post is very Pollyanna and ignores systemic and demographic problems that will never allow that level of domination.
I’ve been voting for 25 years and these things haven’t happened, and I don’t think they will ever happen.
It’s a tad simplistic but it’s on point because the left never shows up or votes 3rd party. If they showed up, it would be a big change.
I think the reason the left never shows up is because they don’t exist in the numbers Internet wonks think they do.
Maybe, maybe not. But 3rd party instead of Gore cost him the election. I think the protest non voters cost Hillary the election. And in any case the target for discussion here is all these Lemmy users that don’t vote in protest.
People who don’t vote in protest are an example of how idiotic Americans are, and why I think the post is fallacious.
That’s not a fallacy.
Oversimplification is a fallacy. “Just get everyone to vote” ignores a lot of other problems. Like the intelligence of the general public.
That’s still not a fallacy.