• surfrock66@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If it wasn’t clear I don’t want it to happen…but over the years I have felt pretty disenfranchised by the actions of the party vs the will of the voters, and I am still going to vote for them.

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      4 months ago

      I am still going to vote for them.

      This is why things have gotten progressively worse, they can do anything they want, including ignoring their base, and rest assured it won’t cost them votes.

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        4 months ago

        But the alternative is a gamble on fascism, in a 2 party system you have to pick the establishment you dislike least.

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                4 months ago

                Except, by refusing to participate, you are. That’s how our system works. It’s stupid, but that’s how it works.

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                  4 months ago

                  There’s a better chance of you voting for a republican than any left is voting for a Democrat. We vote for what we want to see in government. Not constantly voting against something. Voting against something is a protest vote, that’s the wasted one

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                    4 months ago

                    No, you’re voting to move in the right direction.

                    Voting is like taking the bus, you get on the one going the direction you want. And then, you get on another bus that continues to take you towards your destination.

                    You don’t get on a bus going the opposite direction, or refuse to go at all unless there’s a bus going from your front door direct to your destination. That’s just stupidity. That’s what you’re advocating for, and we’re never going to get to a better place if people like you don’t wake up and see that.