• horus_son_of_isis@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I did some political stuff back in the day. We used to say “when people vote, democrats win.” I don’t need a win, I just need the fascist pedo kleptocratic octogenarian to lose.

  • MorPolitics@lemmy.worldBanned
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    2 days ago

    Both sides are bad" is true, though. The Democrats and Republicans are infiltrated by Zionists. The reality that both sides are bad could also motivate people to vote for a third party.

  • The Dank Memegician @thelemmy.club
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    2 days ago

    Its amazing to me that there are still people who believe their are "two sides " and that voting works.

    Just gotta vote harder guys and next time we won’t get an Israeli puppet!

  • AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Posts about blaming a minuscule minority of voters are specifically designed to encourage people to not look for the causes of rising fascism.

    Keeping people distracted and attacking their socialists allies is the only way Democrats can continue to move further to the right and join Trump’s new “War on the Extreme Left”.

    If you don’t see the connection, you have a problem.

  • CptOblivius@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Fyi… vote in fing primaries, that is the only way to fix the kinda bad side.

  • AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Which side thinks that food, medicine, and shelter are a human right and not just access to them is a right? I’ll always vote for that side.

  • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    There’s a certain amount of self reflection and questioning that’s worthwhile and sometimes it definitely is the lesser of two evils when voting. I wouldn’t say any political party or system is perfect, therefore there’s still valid and worthwhile criticisms to be made. It would be nice to see choice ranked voting and to officially end gerrymandering.

  • Dae@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    The fact that this is still a thing is baffling to me. I am, by no means, a fan of Establishment Democrats. But this is why we have primaries. We can walk and chew gum at the same time; vote for progressives in the primaries, vote agaist the fascists at the same time.

    And while we’re at it, between primaries, we criticize the people we elect because we demand better of them. And we warn them that they will lose to a progressive next primary if they don’t find the plot again.

    This is not very hard. We can’t just note vote if we want to escapw the jaws of fascism without a civil war. We don’t have to like establishment democrats, but right now electing a do-nothing is objective improvement. It’s voting to get more time. And if the narrative for the democratic party is a progressive narrative, then progressive candidates can drag them kicking and screaming further to the left where they either find some values, or we send them to an early retirement next primary. We call this process “democracy.”

    And I don’t wanna hear shit about it being “rigged.” If Viktor Orbon couldn’t hold on to an openly rigged system, the DNC doesn’t have that much more control either! Half the fucking country doesn’t vote. If everyone did, they couldn’t ignore the mandate. And so we circle back to the meme above: if you’re discouraging people from voting, you are part of the problem. Get them informed, get them motivated, get them registered, make a plan, and go with them if you have to! This is the easiest call to action we will get. If we fail to meet it, the next one will be a lot more painful for the whole world.

  • solidheron@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Lol I made fun of both siders for years, they don’t both sides now that Trump’s president again. Now they’re just quiet.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Usually this is where I would post videos on the shortcomings of First-past-the-post voting, but that time has past us by.

    Good luck everyone.