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[–] lena@gregtech.eu -3 points 1 week ago (14 children)

I never said it wasn't rigged. Not voting is not going to help you achieve the goal of stopping this madness. It will only make it harder. Democrats are, of course, the party of the rich, but so are Republicans. Republicans, however, are way more against the redistribution of wealth.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Not voting is not going to help you achieve the goal of stopping this madness. It will only make it harder.

You can only make statements like this, by ignoring history. People in the US have voted for 150+ years. This is the result.

Again, if voting is working so well, why do things keep getting worse? Are they just not voting hard enough? No, it's the system that's broken, it's theatre, a catch-22, a rigged game. Those of us who've studied US history and it's class history learned this a long time ago. The liberals coming and telling us to vote to fix things, aren't bringing any new arguments, and appear to us like fanatical zealots, who think that if they repeat mantras over and over, it cancels history.

[–] S3verin@slrpnk.net -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

You are absolutely right! And there is so much more we should stop doing:

  • We protested for more than 150+ years and see where we are now!
  • The world did strikes and for over a century and what did it bring us? A dictatorship!
  • We opened up communities and grassroot movements, and the only thing they done for us: Donald Trump! We need to stop all of this RIGHT NOW.
[–] lena@gregtech.eu -4 points 1 week ago
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