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		Blackthorn on Feb 4, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Payments crisis of 2025: Not “read only” access an... If you don't vote, you effectively vote for the winner. When the 49ers lost the 2024 Super Bowl, the second and third string players didn't go around saying they didn't really lose because they never hit the field. No, they lost.

taylodl on Feb 4, 2025 | [–]

Excellent analogy!

subsection1h on Feb 4, 2025 | [–]

> If you don't vote, you effectively vote for the winner.

Yes, if the Electoral College wasn't a thing.

johnnyanmac on Feb 5, 2025 | [–]

If you didn't vote in a swing state, I don't even know what to say.

But you'd also be surprised how many non-swings could swing if they had enough non-voters vote.

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