firefly, (edited )
@firefly@neon.nightbulb.net avatar

Vote HARDER! That will for sure work this time!

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." ~ Al Anon (1981)

If I vote harder each election, will justice eventually win?

@politics

daydrinkingchickadee,

The votes aren’t really counted fairly either. We live in sham democracies in my opinion.

zzzzzzyx,

Yea I’m never sure why so many people are against this sentiment.

You get 1 vote every four years on an election issue which is often a red herring. There is legitimised if not legalised bribery of politicians. Politicians DONT have to be representative. The party can remove the guy you voted for if he actually keeps his promises. The parliament can be filibustered. The politicians don’t have to vote or read legislation. The parliament can be decided by niche whackadoos whenever there is a slim majority which is 90% of the time. Politicians and media are caught daily lying, porpagabdising and manipulating. Geographical Electorates can be manipulated to get whatever result the ruling party wants. The institution can pick and choose which votes they will count. You will be arrested if you exert the real power of the democratic process; protesting. The governemt monopolizes violence against you. Corporations buy their way out of everything. Socialized losses, privitised profits. There is no reasonable alternative beyond throwing your vote away and before you say preferential voting, I live in a country with preferential voting and it just makes things worse.

All representative democracies are sham democracies and that is all of them.

asteroidnova,
@asteroidnova@lemmy.ml avatar

Elections are every two years in the US. The President is arguably the least important vote you cast.

firefly,
@firefly@neon.nightbulb.net avatar

The politicos put a sham on the pillow as they whisper their pillow talk ...

ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

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ThuleanPerspective2,

CHUCK’S DILATE ON LEMMY ON LEMMY ON LEMMY JANNIES JANNIES SEETHE CLEAN IT UP JANNY CITY SLICKER HOT POCKETS JANNY CHUCK COPE DILATE DILATE SEETHE CITY SLICKER CHUCK’S CITY SLICKER FEED CITY SLICKER SNEED SUCK SNEED FLOYD SNEED’S SEED COPE FOR FREE COPE SNEED FEED DILATE HOT POCKETS CHUCK I CAN’T SNEED CLEAN IT UP FEED FLOYD SUCK CHUCK’S CITY SLICKER CLEAN IT UP I CAN’T I CAN’T JANNY CHUCK’S

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ThuleanPerspective2,

SNEED JANNIES JANNIES I CAN’T CHUCK’S SEETHE I CAN’T HOT POCKETS SEETHE DILATE SEED FOR FREE FLOYD FEED FOR FREE HOT POCKETS SEED HOT POCKETS FUCK FEED I CAN’T FOR FREE HOT POCKETS CITY SLICKER HOT POCKETS CITY SLICKER COPE ON LEMMY COPE SNEED I CAN’T DILATE AND FUCK FEED FOR FREE FEED SEED SUCK CHUCK ON LEMMY FOR FREE CITY SLICKER FOR FREE SEETHE CITY SLICKER SNEED FLOYD SEED COPE

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ThuleanPerspective2,

CITY SLICKER CITY SLICKER SEETHE JANNIES SEETHE FLOYD CLEAN IT UP CLEAN IT UP AND CHUCK JANNY SEED CHUCK’S CITY SLICKER ON LEMMY COPE SNEED CLEAN IT UP SEED AND AND SEETHE CITY SLICKER FOR FREE ON LEMMY CLEAN IT UP FLOYD FLOYD JANNY ON LEMMY SEED DILATE SEETHE FUCK JANNIES SNEED’S AND SUCK SEED JANNY HOT POCKETS CHUCK’S FOR FREE CHUCK’S SEED CHUCK’S FLOYD FOR FREE CHUCK’S SUCK

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nkat2112,
@nkat2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

I’m not certain I understand why the OP would post such a thing - and I won’t dwell on that, but everyone:

Please be sure to vote, in all elections!

PowerCrazy,

Agreed, make sure to vote, but not for the parties of Capital. It is the least you can do.

firefly,
@firefly@neon.nightbulb.net avatar

> "Please be sure to vote, in all elections!"

Yes, Vote HARDER! That will for sure work this time!

It has never freed us so far, but next time it just might!

Tar_alcaran,

Well, feel free to do more, but generally one should start by doing the absolute minimum and work up from there.

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I voted for Biden in 2020 because I was concerned that Trump was funding concentration camps, deporting refugees, and threatening a full fascist coup…

…only for Biden to open even more concentration camps, deport even more refugees, and arm a genocidal regime.

What else should I be doing?

asteroidnova,
@asteroidnova@lemmy.ml avatar

Learn civics and engage politically at the local level.

LinkOpensChest_wav,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’m actually very active locally, which has been great for advocating for disabled rights and such, but that doesn’t help remove the genocidal maniac from the White House

firefly,
@firefly@neon.nightbulb.net avatar

It might be hard to fathom, but some people's principles are not for sale. Censorship trolls and concern troll artists would have great difficulty understanding this.

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