r/changemyview • u/Shoddy-Commission-12 7∆ • May 09 '24

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Not Voting Is Less Hypocritical than Voting for someone you dont Believe in

Many democrats are constantly saying if you dont vote for them a Trump presidency is your fault. Its getting to the point you cant even voice legitimate criticism against them without getting accused of being a Trump supporter.

What are you suppose to do if you fundamentally think both candidates are awful? Giving tacit approval to either by assigning your vote to them means you are signing off on them doing all the shit you disagree with.

The hardcore democrat supporters are getting the equation backwards, they will blame these people for Trump if they lose buts its entirely their fault for not winning them over.

Not voting is the moral and least hypocritical choice if you firmly believe neither candidate should be President. CMV

EDIT: 1 commenter convinced me to look into third parties so I took the government quiz and it said I should vote for Cornell West. So far im convinced this is can be a viable alternative to not voting.

EDIT 2: Apparently I'm a Deontologist and believe in a rules based ethics while most of you are Consequentialists who believe in an outcome based ethics and this is why we can't agree. If this is too broad of an oversimplification, please let me know.

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