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my country is going rapidly down the toilet
partly because of #MAGA #fascist #bigots
and partly because of these cringe weak "but i want perfect" #nonvoters
yes, the #USA sucked before: that's a silly observation when you realize how much worse it can suck
you get better or worse in this life. that's all you will ever, ever, EVER get
perfect isn't on the menu. never will be
#vote you dumb motherfuckers
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my country is going rapidly down the toilet
partly because of #MAGA #fascist #bigots
and partly because of these cringe weak "but i want perfect" #nonvoters
yes, the #USA sucked before: that's a silly observation when you realize how much worse it can suck
you get better or worse in this life. that's all you will ever, ever, EVER get
perfect isn't on the menu. never will be
#vote you dumb motherfuckers
Asking for people to be better than the least of two evils is before voting for them is hardly demanding perfection. People need a system that allows them to vote for who they want not just who they don't want least.
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Asking for people to be better than the least of two evils is before voting for them is hardly demanding perfection. People need a system that allows them to vote for who they want not just who they don't want least.
@the5thColumnist Wow, that sounds like people who regularly sit out municipal elections, where people you want are rarely if ever on the ballot. Those rare times you do find someone you want invariably end in disappointment because they *never* live up to your expectations. You vote for the least worst option anyway, otherwise you are letting a shockingly small number of people do it for you.
Choosing not to vote is a de facto vote.
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@the5thColumnist Wow, that sounds like people who regularly sit out municipal elections, where people you want are rarely if ever on the ballot. Those rare times you do find someone you want invariably end in disappointment because they *never* live up to your expectations. You vote for the least worst option anyway, otherwise you are letting a shockingly small number of people do it for you.
Choosing not to vote is a de facto vote.
@dnkboston @the5thColumnist @benroyce @ShredderFeeder
"none of the above" should be an option on every ballot, and if None wins, the election must be held again, without the rejected candidates.
hell, even I'd vote.
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@dnkboston @the5thColumnist @benroyce @ShredderFeeder
"none of the above" should be an option on every ballot, and if None wins, the election must be held again, without the rejected candidates.
hell, even I'd vote.
@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Yes I too like to go on social media and proclaim how things should be, then not do a fucking thing to make it happen, even the easiest fucking thing
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@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Yes I too like to go on social media and proclaim how things should be, then not do a fucking thing to make it happen, even the easiest fucking thing
@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
once again, for the people not paying attention -
i just spent 3 weeks at the ICE detention center, 24/7, being gassed and harassed, while you sat on your lazy ass at home.
i didn't get enough to eat most of that time.
i did this to stand up to fascists. as i have done my entire life.
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@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
once again, for the people not paying attention -
i just spent 3 weeks at the ICE detention center, 24/7, being gassed and harassed, while you sat on your lazy ass at home.
i didn't get enough to eat most of that time.
i did this to stand up to fascists. as i have done my entire life.
@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
If you voted, you fucking moron, you wouldn't have to do that
Unfollow me at least, a block is preferable
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@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
If you voted, you fucking moron, you wouldn't have to do that
Unfollow me at least, a block is preferable
@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
fuck yourself, you order-giving fascist wannabe.
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@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
fuck yourself, you order-giving fascist wannabe.
@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Oh yeah, I'm a fascist because I want you to vote
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@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Oh yeah, I'm a fascist because I want you to vote
@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
no, you're a fascist because the US has been a fascist state since 1946, and you've voted to keep it that way your whole life.
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@benroyce @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
no, you're a fascist because the US has been a fascist state since 1946, and you've voted to keep it that way your whole life.
@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Well yes the point is to vote and keep fascism out
What's failing us are the morons not voting and doing call of duty edgelord fantasy life of revolution. Having not the slightest fucking clue what that is really like. They are either violent idiots or agent provocateurs out to sabotage the left
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@roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
Well yes the point is to vote and keep fascism out
What's failing us are the morons not voting and doing call of duty edgelord fantasy life of revolution. Having not the slightest fucking clue what that is really like. They are either violent idiots or agent provocateurs out to sabotage the left
@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
So one point about that: If you want people to vote, you have make it:
A) Worth the effort (ie: votes actually mattering)
and
B) Not make their life a living hell.
Hint: Ask a "potential swing voter" in a "swing state" how the last year before election feels.
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@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
So one point about that: If you want people to vote, you have make it:
A) Worth the effort (ie: votes actually mattering)
and
B) Not make their life a living hell.
Hint: Ask a "potential swing voter" in a "swing state" how the last year before election feels.
@phloggen @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
why are we catering to people who don't care enough to understand the stakes to their own lives
in which case we're dealing with a moron, no brain (i'm not talking genius levels of political insight, but really obvious choices)
or people entitled and privileged enough that they don't care to do anything but whine
in which case we're dealing with an asshole, no heart
what do you think is actually served by such an approach?
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@phloggen @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
why are we catering to people who don't care enough to understand the stakes to their own lives
in which case we're dealing with a moron, no brain (i'm not talking genius levels of political insight, but really obvious choices)
or people entitled and privileged enough that they don't care to do anything but whine
in which case we're dealing with an asshole, no heart
what do you think is actually served by such an approach?
@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
First, I'm Danish, so I have grown up in country where 83 to 87% vote for parliament.
Second: Have you actually ever asked a friend, who is a "swing voter" in a "swing state", how many times they get accosted because of that designation and how much that can make life hell, almost constantly ?
Because if the insane voting system in USA, there is an enormous pressure on those "pivot voters", while much of the rest of the voters know that there is absolutely zero chance of their vote changing anything, because of where they live.
And the other part of it is that you dont have two-party system. You have a one-party system which cos-plays as a two-part system, and the voters are plenty smart to see right through that.
If you want to get people to vote, you have to change both of those aspects: Make all votes matter and give the voters a real choice.
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@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
First, I'm Danish, so I have grown up in country where 83 to 87% vote for parliament.
Second: Have you actually ever asked a friend, who is a "swing voter" in a "swing state", how many times they get accosted because of that designation and how much that can make life hell, almost constantly ?
Because if the insane voting system in USA, there is an enormous pressure on those "pivot voters", while much of the rest of the voters know that there is absolutely zero chance of their vote changing anything, because of where they live.
And the other part of it is that you dont have two-party system. You have a one-party system which cos-plays as a two-part system, and the voters are plenty smart to see right through that.
If you want to get people to vote, you have to change both of those aspects: Make all votes matter and give the voters a real choice.
@phloggen @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
"You have a one-party system which cos-plays as a two-part system"
ah, "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe"
Poul: that is an incredibly fucking stupid lie
you're danish?
would harris be making claims on greenland?
be honest
does it matter?
of course
so right there is something huge and concrete for your own concerns, nevermind domestic issues
so stop fucking lying Poul, and doing apologia for morons who believe really stupid lies
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@phloggen @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
"You have a one-party system which cos-plays as a two-part system"
ah, "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe"
Poul: that is an incredibly fucking stupid lie
you're danish?
would harris be making claims on greenland?
be honest
does it matter?
of course
so right there is something huge and concrete for your own concerns, nevermind domestic issues
so stop fucking lying Poul, and doing apologia for morons who believe really stupid lies
@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
It's really very simple:
No matter which party you vote for, the 1%'ers get richer and everybody else gets poorer.
All the rest is just play-acting and rearranging the deckchairs as far as I am concerned.
And really, Greenland ?
You know what that is about ?
Area(USA) + Area(Greenland) > Area(Canada)
Area(USA) + Area(Canada) > Area(Russia)
Yes, an orange man with a very small and predictable brain.
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@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
It's really very simple:
No matter which party you vote for, the 1%'ers get richer and everybody else gets poorer.
All the rest is just play-acting and rearranging the deckchairs as far as I am concerned.
And really, Greenland ?
You know what that is about ?
Area(USA) + Area(Greenland) > Area(Canada)
Area(USA) + Area(Canada) > Area(Russia)
Yes, an orange man with a very small and predictable brain.
@phloggen
Yes to the orange Shitgibbon it was about growing the US, but that does not answer the core question @benroyce was asking: Would Harris have done that or even said she wanted to do that?It might not be much, but it is a difference between the 'two parties'. But that too misses the point, if the mentally deficients had voted, perhaps we would have had Harris or even a third party president...
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@phloggen
Yes to the orange Shitgibbon it was about growing the US, but that does not answer the core question @benroyce was asking: Would Harris have done that or even said she wanted to do that?It might not be much, but it is a difference between the 'two parties'. But that too misses the point, if the mentally deficients had voted, perhaps we would have had Harris or even a third party president...
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Remember, roughly 40% of eligible voters chose not to vote, that means that the rest of the candidates combined had 60%, of which Chump got 49%... AKA roughly 30% of eligible voters, meaning those 40% could have elected whoever the hell they wanted and in their stupidity chose to stay home.@benroyce @roblosricos @dnkboston @the5thColumnist @ShredderFeeder
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