• Elrecoal19_0@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Voting. They were given the option to vote, but chose to be the type that “don’t care much about politics”

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        2 days ago

        Why would they bother? Who actually represents them? Both major parties are corporate captured.

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            22 hours ago

            No, they just stepped aside and profited from donations while it happened

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          Sure buddy, Dems might be nearly uselesss because of that, but they weren’t actively trying to overthrow the goverment or kill democracy

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            22 hours ago

            No, they just stepped aside and profited from donations while it happened

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          So replace the term “both parties” with “the only party” by categorically discarding all faith and worship in all political parties that have done absolutely nothing for anyone of the working class.

          Then make a new party that’s even better.

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            22 hours ago

            That’s what the Greens and PSL elected to do. They’re the best way out that doesn’t involve bloodshed.

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              17 hours ago

              And I’m sure their policies would introduce runoff voting for future elections; but as it stands, most voters are currently voting out of fear of “the other big party” - for which voting Green poses an extreme risk.

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                but as it stands, most voters are currently voting out of fear of “the other big party”

                Which is a confidence game. The big parties only matter because people have been convinced that they matter. Once this illusion is broken, real progress can begin, but until it is broken the US will simply continue its vicious cycle into oblivion.

                Besides, what chance to Dems have of winning at this rate anyway? What chance did they have leading up to this past election as they covered up Biden’s dementia, enabled a genocide, and imposed a candidate of their choosing after denying the people actual democracy? Are they redeemable?

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        2 days ago

        Pay all the attention you want, it’s not like anyone was ever actually given the option out of this mess through the system.

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        Yes, yes they are. Actually the Republicans at least have the virtue of being honest about being evil. Dems are too craven to even admit that.

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          Well, this new alternative is working out wonderfully.

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            Doesn’t mean that people weren’t desperate for an alternative. People don’t have the knowledge you do and often don’t think through every possible outcome. If they know they are suffering and there is a chance for change they will leap towards it even if it’s out of the pot and into the fire. Humans crave change and the status quo has been used as a cludgel against them for decades.

            You can be upset that this is the change that’s happening but don’t blame people that are suffering and try not to be smug about it when they suffer more or they will never view you as kind to their plight.