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Yeah, OP would enthusiastically vote for Mussolini if the other option was Hitler. They fundamentally do not have a conscience and lack any moral center. There is no red line that would cause them to say, "that's it. Enough if enough. I won't vote for you no matter what the alternative is."
They're a sociopathic utilitarian (or at least they larp as one.) Individual human beings have no inherent worth; all that matters is the cold hard greatest good for the greatest number. In the past, they quite possibly would have actually been convinced to vote for Hitler, as long as Hitler could convince them that the evil the Nazis intended was for the greater good. The Nazis justified all their most evil shit on utilitarian grounds. The road to Hell is paved with utilitarianism.
Uhh.... Are you saying you'd vote for Hitler if the other option was Mussolini?
What are you trying to say here? That it's better to "take the higher ground" and just NOT vote? Giving the hardcore right-winger voters an even larger margin by which they elect the horrible option?
Not voting at all is literally he worst of all available options in the vast majority of democratic election systems.
Note: if I'm wrong, and not voting actually sends a message in the US, please educate me. The systems I know count the votes as the percentage of valid votes given, which means that not voting always gives advantage to the right side.
The solution if your options are literally Hitler and Mussolini is to get a gun and utilize it. Democracy is already dead if you're just choosing between two fascists.
Correct! And getting a gun and doing something about it is decidedly not just sitting down in a "silent protest" bullshit "I'm not voting for the lesser evil" stance.
Another solution is to set up a new alternative and promote that - but that's not a viable option in the US.
Who cares about you you're a straight up genocide denialist.