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[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

i vote evry single time. i say both sides are the same but i dont mean politicians..i loved obama. i was fine with biden, justvwish he was younger. woild still vote for him even ifnhe was a corpse because... it would be better.

when i say both sides i mean the bitches online. the people in real life are pretty normal.

online you have facist christians and facist islam lovers. i cant say muslims because they arent actuallyuslims, they are people who say they are left but embrace an intolerant people who behad gay people. so they are the same. everyone who picks a side (right/left) online is a facist

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

So what are the "The "Both sides are bad." posts exist to diswuade you from voting." posts doing?

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

This is lib bullshit. Voting is how you keep the Epstein class in power.

Prove me wrong and nominate an anti-genocide candidate.

Bonus: https://www.spyculture.com/john-krasinski-plays-the-innocent-act-when-it-comes-to-making-political-propaganda-again/

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

Libs would rather argue with you than their centrist friends who vote split ticket.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As an American that's never not voted, I don't understand these fucking assholes.

Genuinely... Fuck them. We're fucked because of the people that don't vote, not because of the minority of insane MAGA's.

The winner of our last presidential election was actually "didn't vote".

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Or, put a more concise way, that people can't afford to miss a day if work in order to vote, and increasingly don't see any point because their lives get worse no matter who we elect.

[–] Tharkys@lemmy.wtf 5 points 3 hours ago

That doesn't negate the fact that both parties are, in fact, bad.

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Uh-oh. I guess this means I should show up to the polls next time. And vote for the less-bad candidate.

But I hate it. I HATE ALL OF IT.

[–] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I know it sucks, wish we had approval and ranked choice voting too

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Every year there are more candidates who agree with you. Make sure to vote for them!

[–] Loui@feddit.org 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you don't vote then you don't get to complain until the next election.

You refused to have a say and now you have to live with the consequences. No bitching.

And you should do that in all elections. Small and big.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 39 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I want to preface this by saying that I do vote in every election, and I think everyone should exercise their right to vote.

That being said, both parties are bad. We're in a class war, and the Democrats are just as beholden/part of the oligarchy as the Republicans are.

The Republicans are definitely worse than the Democrats. There's no question there, but what we really need is a fucking revolution.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Also, it's ridiculous for someone to think that every "Both sides suck" posts are bought and paid for propaganda. Some may be. I'd be surprised if it didn't happen sometimes. But, the majority are probably just understandably frustrated people.

We shouldn't be policing people's expression of frustration with the system. If someone can't express frustration without being told they're a shill or a propagandist, they're not suddenly going to become an engaged happy partisan. Instead, they're probably just going to get even more disillusioned with the process and will stop talking about it and maybe stop voting altogether.

The democratic party sucks. It bends over backwards to help out corporate interests. It's more interested in winning the next election cycle than it is in making important changes. It often goes wherever the wind blows without having any conviction.

OTOH, the republicans are much worse. They're hell bent on enacting racist and sexist policies that will ensure straight, white, christian men remain in power. They're currently led by an absolute moron who's by far the most corrupt person I've ever seen in my life.

So, the options are currently between a status quo party that might not make your life better, vs a party led by a chaos gremlin which will systematically destroy everything within its reach. Voting for the lesser of two evils may be annoying, but it's often important.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Another problem with the Democrats, even if the next election cycle boots these fascist fucks, it doesn't automatically roll back all the damage the Nazis have done. Sure, the Democrats will repair some of the damage, but realistically, the needle never gets moved all the way back by the Dems.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

They also have a history of not rolling back some of the damage, intentionally leaving some stuff broken. It sucks. But, when the two options for voting are the guys who don't always repair all of the damage vs. the guys intentionally breaking things, it's an easy choice.

But, while it may be obvious who any sane person should vote for, it's also clear that voting should not be the only thing people do. Otherwise you really do get stuck with those 2 terrible options.

For me, Elizabeth Warren is one of the few really outstanding democrats. But, her political career wouldn't exist without the protests after the 2007/08 financial collapse that led to the creation of the CFPB. The only reason that Massachusetts residents have the ability to vote for her as a senator is that they first protested against the bank bailouts and the evictions and forced the government to do something about that.

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