"#Hungary's opposition #Tisza party widens its lead ahead of #Orban's #Fidesz"
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@mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks
therefore, anyone who is not voting, just because of their fucking feelings of resentment, helplessness, etc:
grow a fucking backbone!
the point of a vote is to advocate for your own wants and needs effectively
the point is not to vibe on social media wallowing in self-pity and despair, while your rights are stripped away
the left of yore, in previous centuries, would look at the "left" today and smack their foreheads
so many are so fucking weak
@benroyce @mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks
"If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice."Rush, Free Will
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@LilithMonkey @HakeemG @idahobucks
exactly
and so many hear me going "VOTE ASSHOLES" and think i'm saying "only vote, do nothing else"
no! not what i'm saying
do all the good things. protest, strike, etc
*and* vote
that is my message
meanwhile there are people out there saying "do all the good things *except* vote"
that is so fucking stupid
or an outright agent provocateur psyop from MAGA or geopolitical troll farm cosplaying left
voting is just another valid tactic
that's it!
@benroyce @LilithMonkey @HakeemG @idahobucks
Voting is necessary but not sufficient. Other things that people should do to the extent that they can:
•Contact Congressional Reps with their concerns
•Peacefully protest (No Kings)
•Join and donate to major litigants against the regime (ACLU, NAACP's LDF, etc.)
•Donate to Democratic candidates
•Write an OpEd to your local news outlet if you have one
•Volunteer (e.g., Swing Left, Indivisible, Red2Blue, etc.) -
@benroyce @LilithMonkey @HakeemG @idahobucks
Voting is necessary but not sufficient. Other things that people should do to the extent that they can:
•Contact Congressional Reps with their concerns
•Peacefully protest (No Kings)
•Join and donate to major litigants against the regime (ACLU, NAACP's LDF, etc.)
•Donate to Democratic candidates
•Write an OpEd to your local news outlet if you have one
•Volunteer (e.g., Swing Left, Indivisible, Red2Blue, etc.)@Bongolian @LilithMonkey @HakeemG @idahobucks
of course
but we must now clarify that "voting is necessary but not sufficient" becomes "voting is not sufficient" becomes "i'm not voting"
not in your mind
but in the mind of certain entitled losers
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@benroyce @mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks
"If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice."Rush, Free Will
@Perrin42 I think about this lyric quite often.
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@Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
nonvoters are as bad as MAGA
they don't fall for the same psyop, they fall for a different psyop than the one played on MAGA, but coming from the same agenda
that agenda is: goose the right vote, suppress the left vote
so for MAGA they give excitement, encouragement, support
for the left they give helplessness, scorn, defeatism
and it fucking works
*because* so many on the left don't have a fucking backbone
@benroyce
It's only a shame that, if the 2024 autopsy rumors would be correct, the Democrats [were] supressing their own voters. -
@benroyce
It's only a shame that, if the 2024 autopsy rumors would be correct, the Democrats [were] supressing their own voters.@dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
i reject that topic
the #democrat establishment is a red herring
anyone not acting, on the basis of spineless #democrats, is a moron
#Mamdani showed us:
you show up in the #primaries, reject #Cuomo
then show up in the general #election, reject Cuomo again
get the real left in power
all the while dem central is hostile to Mamdani
that should excite people!
if instead people whine about the establishment and don't #vote, they are weak losers
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@benroyce
It's only a shame that, if the 2024 autopsy rumors would be correct, the Democrats [were] supressing their own voters.@dzwiedziu @benroyce @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
Clowns can't distinguish between "suppressing their own voters"
and
STRATEGY.I assure you, people who liked the idea of Bernie also liked the idea of Fetterman
(and I say this as someone who did vote for Bernie in the primary. But nah, HE couldn't get it done because HE IS BAD AT POLITICS)
"being visibly popular" is only half the job. Maybe less.
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@dzwiedziu @benroyce @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
Clowns can't distinguish between "suppressing their own voters"
and
STRATEGY.I assure you, people who liked the idea of Bernie also liked the idea of Fetterman
(and I say this as someone who did vote for Bernie in the primary. But nah, HE couldn't get it done because HE IS BAD AT POLITICS)
"being visibly popular" is only half the job. Maybe less.
@jrm4 I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but he kind of was, no? He knew how to get primary votes in certain parts of the country, but not the South.
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@dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
i reject that topic
the #democrat establishment is a red herring
anyone not acting, on the basis of spineless #democrats, is a moron
#Mamdani showed us:
you show up in the #primaries, reject #Cuomo
then show up in the general #election, reject Cuomo again
get the real left in power
all the while dem central is hostile to Mamdani
that should excite people!
if instead people whine about the establishment and don't #vote, they are weak losers
@benroyce If you primary out enough of the Bluedog “moderates” and conservative Dems, eventually they ain’t the establishment. They can go try to make the GOP less of an open sewer if they want…
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the problem is always there
defeating fascism is not "yay we won!" then it is all over forever. that is what is naive
it requires people to constantly vote and constantly show up
and so that is naive on my part:
that so many people "on the left" have the constitution and resolve to just fucking vote, something easy to do- relatively speaking compared to other forms of struggle
and that is the failure:
loser assholes who don't vote
they let us all down
Voting tactically on a lesser evil is better than not voting at all. But
Overton's window shifting is a real thing. And last election's bad option may be the lesser evil of the next.
Average electoral district for the Representatives is around .76 million people. Successful campaign inherently requires a lot of money, connections and favours. This favours corporate candidates over progressives and coincidentally older candidates.
Last but not least i don't think US can vote itself out of the current kerfuffle.
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Voting tactically on a lesser evil is better than not voting at all. But
Overton's window shifting is a real thing. And last election's bad option may be the lesser evil of the next.
Average electoral district for the Representatives is around .76 million people. Successful campaign inherently requires a lot of money, connections and favours. This favours corporate candidates over progressives and coincidentally older candidates.
Last but not least i don't think US can vote itself out of the current kerfuffle.
i don't give a fuck
all there is the good fight in this world
then you can build on it IF YOU SHOW THE WILL TO FIGHT
if you spend your fucking time making arguments for how the fight is pointless, you might as well walk up to a fascist and ask them to put you in the concentration camp now
is that really what you want?
no?
so FIGHT, fucker
NO to fucking stupid weak bullshit rationalizing defeat!
FIGHT
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the problem is always there
defeating fascism is not "yay we won!" then it is all over forever. that is what is naive
it requires people to constantly vote and constantly show up
and so that is naive on my part:
that so many people "on the left" have the constitution and resolve to just fucking vote, something easy to do- relatively speaking compared to other forms of struggle
and that is the failure:
loser assholes who don't vote
they let us all down
@benroyce @klegdixal @moz @idahobucks Defeating facism isn't *just* voting out fascists. But it *includes* voting out fascists.
Vote.
Talk to people.
Stand up to your racist uncles. Not because you'll change their mind, but so that bystanders see that someone is challenging them.
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@dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
i reject that topic
the #democrat establishment is a red herring
anyone not acting, on the basis of spineless #democrats, is a moron
#Mamdani showed us:
you show up in the #primaries, reject #Cuomo
then show up in the general #election, reject Cuomo again
get the real left in power
all the while dem central is hostile to Mamdani
that should excite people!
if instead people whine about the establishment and don't #vote, they are weak losers
@benroyce @dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
I had this in my feed this morning, relevant part at 1:46
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lHvfsbg0A10
TLDW: non-voting citizens is a way bigger problem than non-citizens voting. It's telling which of these "issues" MAGA (and Maple Maga) gets worked up about.
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I don't understand what the point is
We should all vote, right?
PS: is this the guy who got an egg to the face from a teenager?
@benroyce @moz @idahobucks
I vote on everything that is important enough for me to study and understand. That certainly includes presidential primaries and elections. I often don't know enough about local non-partisan candidates (e.g. county coroner) to have an opinion, so I leave those blank rather than tossing a coin. I guess if my county winds up with an awful coroner, it's my fault. -
@benroyce @moz @idahobucks
I vote on everything that is important enough for me to study and understand. That certainly includes presidential primaries and elections. I often don't know enough about local non-partisan candidates (e.g. county coroner) to have an opinion, so I leave those blank rather than tossing a coin. I guess if my county winds up with an awful coroner, it's my fault.sure but the #primaries coming up this year can get us real left candidates who can freeze #trump's agenda if we also show up in november in the general #election
so try to focus on that, this year at least
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sure but the #primaries coming up this year can get us real left candidates who can freeze #trump's agenda if we also show up in november in the general #election
so try to focus on that, this year at least
@benroyce @brouhaha @moz @idahobucks
Also, the chances of even very center-right dem candidates being anywhere near as awful as the MAGA are really slim. There may be a Tulsi Gabbard hiding somewhere we don't know about, but beyond that, not saying or doing Nazi s... is a fair recommendation compared to the alternative.*
* I say this as a European left-winger, meaning that even American left-wingers look quite right-wing to me.
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@benroyce @moz @idahobucks
I vote on everything that is important enough for me to study and understand. That certainly includes presidential primaries and elections. I often don't know enough about local non-partisan candidates (e.g. county coroner) to have an opinion, so I leave those blank rather than tossing a coin. I guess if my county winds up with an awful coroner, it's my fault.> I guess if my county winds up with an awful coroner, it's my fault.
Well, for the incumbent, there is always the "study" of "How did they do the job?" I mean if their are credible complaints you can vote for someone new. Even that simple technique will 'evolve' better government as long as you vote.
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sure but the #primaries coming up this year can get us real left candidates who can freeze #trump's agenda if we also show up in november in the general #election
so try to focus on that, this year at least
@benroyce @moz @idahobucks
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> I guess if my county winds up with an awful coroner, it's my fault.
Well, for the incumbent, there is always the "study" of "How did they do the job?" I mean if their are credible complaints you can vote for someone new. Even that simple technique will 'evolve' better government as long as you vote.
@ChuckMcManis @benroyce
I read the booklet, and even searched the web for information about the candidates for coroner, but there was no substantive information. The candidates' statements didn't convince me that either was better. In that case, I'd just as soon let the people who do care about that office decide it.
That's a _much_ different situation than with Federal offices or even state governor and legislature. -
@ChuckMcManis @benroyce
I read the booklet, and even searched the web for information about the candidates for coroner, but there was no substantive information. The candidates' statements didn't convince me that either was better. In that case, I'd just as soon let the people who do care about that office decide it.
That's a _much_ different situation than with Federal offices or even state governor and legislature.Fair enough
