r/JewsOfConscience • u/PreparationOk1450 Jewish Anti-Zionist • Jul 22 '24

Discussion Dementia is Disqualifying, but Not Genocide

It's really disturbing to me that dementia is disqualifying for Joe Biden, but him doing a genocide is not. That shows how Palestinians are viewed in America by the political class.

If only Hitler had dementia, maybe we could've gotten rid of him sooner, since the Holocaust wouldn't have been a problem for him with his domestic constituency.

What do others think?

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u/Specialist-Gur Ashkenazi Jul 22 '24

Agree with you—kind of. I hat don’t think the current system is really set up for a 3rd party candidate to win

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u/IWantFries21 Non-Jewish Ally Jul 22 '24

It's not. Our system is rigged. We need ranked choice voting (which some states are already putting into place but a few have banned it outright). All the more reason to vote in our local and statewide elections

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u/Specialist-Gur Ashkenazi Jul 22 '24

Question for you—I’ve heard from some political scientists that rank choice would be bad.. that’s how Israel keeps getting bibi and how hitler was elected.

Is there any truth to this?

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u/IWantFries21 Non-Jewish Ally Jul 22 '24

I'm not a political scientist, first and foremost, just a college student lol. But from what I've read, ranked choice voting, or something like party list proportional representation, would probably work out better in the US. I think it's wrong that a candidate can win the popular vote but somehow not the election.

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u/Specialist-Gur Ashkenazi Jul 22 '24

Got it thank you haha