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  • i don’t really give a shit why he’s donating and i don’t know why you attach yourself to conspiracy theories like a trump supporter, he’s donating, he’s helping, that’s all i need to know:

    Before the Gates efforts on malaria, malaria drugmakers had largely given up on producing drugs to fight the disease, and the foundation is the world’s largest donor to research on diseases of the poor.[139]

    With the help of Gates-funded vaccination drives, deaths from measles in Africa have dropped by 90 percent since 2000.[140]

    The foundation has donated billions of dollars to help sufferers of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, protecting millions of children from death at the hands of preventable diseases.[140]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation






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    I don’t get it, can you explain it more? I’m not talking about the voting system, I’m talking about the culture:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_of_two_evils_principle#In_modern_elections

    In 2012, Huffington Post columnist Sanford Jay Rosen stated that refusal to vote for the lesser of two evils became common practice for left-leaning voters in the United States due to their overwhelming disapproval of the United States government’s support for the Vietnam War.[8] Rosen stated: “Beginning with the 1968 presidential election, I often have heard from liberals that they could not vote for the lesser of two evils. Some said they would not vote; some said they would vote for a third-party candidate. That mantra delivered us to Richard Nixon in 1972 until Watergate did him in. And it delivered us to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in 2000 until they were termed out in 2009”.[8]

    She can add it delivered Trump 2024 as well to that list



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    Yes, it’s possible to have 2 shit candidates you know :P

    In Australia we are frequently voting for the ‘least worst’ candidate, we have mandatory voting so very few of us have this idea in our head that we need to run out and enthusiastically support a candidate, we just vote for the one who we think will do the least damage, in Australia Kamala would have won easily



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    i agree with you but the guy i was arguing with claimed that kamala strayed too far from left wing values and thats why she didn’t win

    my claim is something more fundamental, she didn’t assure voters that she would do better on the economy than trump

    imo even if she did turn around and become the biggest pro Palestinian, transgender, anarchist, radical communist out there she still wouldn’t have won because the biggest issue to people was the local economy not gaza

    she probably should have just offered everyone a tax cut

    edit: and that trump has pretty much no values or ideals, just donald is #1 and he’s gonna fix everything and everyone else is wrong or stupid


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    But this is about ideals and values of the left wing vs right.

    What values and ideals does Trump have that appeals to them?

    Six Trump voters on why he won their support in 2024 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyg5jdgzy1o

    Lets see these “ideals” and “values” that Trump voters hold dear to their hearts:

    They don’t like immigrants, the border crossings

    They thought he could do a better job with the economy

    They thought he could do a better job with the economy

    ‘With his grandkids, I see the softer side’ <- Lady is on drugs I assume, going to ignore this one

    They thought he could do a better job with the economy

    Doesn’t like war, likes a strong man leader

    So 3 out of 5 were about the economy 1 didn’t like illegal immigration 1 didn’t like war

    So people voted largely for Trump because they felt the economy does better under him

    And this looks to be backed up with this poll:

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/651719/economy-important-issue-2024-presidential-vote.aspx

    Economy Most Important Issue to 2024 Presidential Vote

    The economy ranks as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters say will influence their choice for president. It is the only issue on which a majority of voters, 52%, say the candidates’ positions on it are an “extremely important” influence on their vote. Another 38% of voters rate the economy as “very important,” which means the issue could be a significant factor to nine in 10 voters.

    Is this a conservative value? a good economy? do leftists not value a good economy?