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rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 weeks agoAs I wrote in my comment, “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t vote at all” (I did edit that in for the obviously necessary clarification).
Voting is still a net positive, but don’t delude yourself into thinking it’s sufficient in any way. At this point, there’s no way that Trump’s government is going to allow itself to get voted out.
If you believe this, below your original comment instead of saying what you said, edit it and say “yes, I agree, but if you want to do more you can…”
Unless you’re full of shit and just want to be a contrarian at best, or opposition behind the guise of being correct at worst.
No, you just expressed pretty clearly that you think voting is worthless.
Seriously, why not just hand the power over to the facts instead of fighting at all?
lol.
You sound like an angry child, who would rather moon and wine then actually take any action to improve your situation. grow up
I think you don’t understand how broken American democracy is. I would suggest you look into Princeton’s study on Democracy, the largest ever study of electoral inputs and outcomes.
Their results are rather shocking, including one of the most haunting charts I have ever seen:
This gigantic, years-long study shows that if 10% of Americans support a bill it has a 30% chance to pass, and if 90% of Americans support a bill, it still has that same 30% chance to pass.
Tldr: the opinion of the voters in America have no influence on its government. Votes don’t matter, only money counts. Your civic duties go much further than a mere vote.
chosensilence@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
these people are dangerously delusional and personally i’m tired of treating them with kid gloves. they still defend the system because they believe they are on the receiving end of its benefits for following the structure correctly. they think there’s validity in defending our broken process because it can be repaired. it can’t be repaired. we have an oligarchy.