Comment on Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming

• AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What if I don’t want to declare a party and remain independent?

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  • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then you can watch as things don’t change because of your stubborn pride.

    You can declare a party to vote in an election and remain philosophically independent, that’s always been allowed.

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This right here is why people don’t vote in the primaries and instead of saying, “huh, you’re right, you shouldn’t have to register with a party” you’re doubling down on your horrid stance.

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      • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You’re right! The system sucks!

        The problem is, if you don’t do anything but complain about it, at best it stays the same. More likely it gets worse.

        But sure, fine, you’re mildly inconvenienced. That’s totally an intelligent and rational reason to sit on your ass and complain rather than doing something about it.

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  • lemonskate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well I suppose you could always whine about it online instead?

    It costs you nothing to register as a Dem so you can vote against these fuckers in the primaries, except maybe some worthless sense of idealogical purity.

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have 0 desire to be mercilessly spammed by the Dems or Repubs because I registered with their party.

      Plus no one but me should know / needs to know my party affiliation. In today’s day and age of wanting more privacy, this is part of it. I don’t want to be on the wrong side of history because I was registered with a party.

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      • Zorque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Apparantly you also have 0 desire to see effective change unless it’s exactly as you want it, because you refuse to participate on principal.

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