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"Have you considered that it just wasn't thrilling enough for me to vote against literal fascism?"
I'm still not sure what was the reason not to vote the lesser of two weevils here. Some hope that if you show Democrats by not voting them they'll do the things those people have been calling for? I'd fear they'll just think of those people as unreliable voters and will just try to get the votes from those who do vote.
Pretty risky move in any case, with Trump being the other alternative.
Absolutely hate the people who would sell out my child’s future over some holy war in the desert held by idiots—I mean religious zealots—terrorizing each other. They’re both wrong, don’t sell us out over it.
It's comments like these that make non-americans like me pray for the fall of the American Empire. Seriously, you people don't even see the people you murder overseas as human.
Idk, that seems like a pretty shit take to me. It's not the voting choice I made, but I can see where people are coming from. It's not just the US selling arms to hostile occupiers, it's running around with the Cheney's and the general abandonment of the working and middle class.
If you want something more hands on, work on local races this year. They are how we can fight back
Elections are run at the state level in the US. Even for federal offices
Many states have elections this year even despise it being an off year
There are special elections today in Virginia thay will determine who controls the state legislature. If dems remain control, they can block a lot of the Republicans governors attempts to disenfranchise
There are special elections in Minnesota on Jan 28th to determine control of one house of the state legislature
There is an election that will determine control of the Wisconsin state supreme court on April 1st. The more recent Progressive control has lead to Wisconsin getting fair maps as the gerrymandered maps were overturned. We are going to want to keep it that way and build further
There are special elections for various US house members like to replace Matt Gatez on April 1st. Should we win any suprise flips, it will be even harder for Republicans to get things through congresss with their already tight 3 seat majority
And so on
Here's a frequently updated spreadsheet with various at home volunteering options
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jxO8g7q9VO3ZMAABcrvR7PMyX4Yl6dgIYhD3eRTKk1M/htmlview
EDIT: also on another note, consider running for election yourself. There are various small local positions around you that often go uncontested. Here's one group that helps progressives run for local office https://runforsomething.net/
Just to add onto this, don't think that just because you live in a deep red or deep blue area, you can't mobilize and make a serious difference. Most incumbents get by due to public indifference. Replacing members of both parties in entrenched areas with progressives is possible, but those progressives need help. Any time you can give is always appreciated!
And to add another point, people en masse are followers. They vote the way they are told. At some point, progressives got the idea that it is impolite to tell people how to vote. That means the loudest voices are the most impolite. That's a breeding ground for fascists and charletains. Speak up, challenge stupidity and lies, and make bigots feel bad again.
When the only thing you can offer is "make it harder for Republicans" you've already lost.
If you are looking for inspiration, we @ContinueToServe@lemmy.world just finished a 1.5 hour session with lawyers from NLG, historians, and activists to help service members understand their rights and responsibilities when it comes to illegal orders potentially being issued by this administration.
We just uploaded it to youtube and its available here:
"But daddy, mommy said all you did was circle jerk with strangers online".
bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe WhY bOtHeR vOTiNg sLeEpY jOe memes!
Then I did nothing about it between presidential elections. Nothing. Did not lift a single goddamned finger. Four years later, I demand the party cater to me, Me, ME. An utterly useless deadweight. And smug about it.
Well, it would be happier if at least one side catered to voters as opposed to billionaires.
That said, it's not the fault of only Harris and her campaign, it's the Democratic leadership from the past 20 years that allowed it to get this bad.
Smug is such a perfect word for all the morons that decided not to vote, because Harris wasn't able to fix a 8 decade long problem from the vice president's desk.
Smug and stupid, because a lot of the Palestine crap posted was done by bots and saboteurs to fracture the left, and oh boy did it work.
Have you noticed how no-one is screeching about Palestine since the election?...........
No, people against genocide are not bots, and liberals have not ever been the left. You people love genocide until it might affect you, you're not the left.
And just because you were banned from spaces because you were pro genocide, doesn't mean anyone has stopped talking about Palestine.
bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe
The Daddy Party comes home drunk from the party and beats you with his belt.
The Mommy Party cries in the corner, telling you there's nothing she can do because you didn't support her enough.
Then I did nothing about it between presidential elections.
People blink in and out of existence between elections. Nobody actually exists when they aren't voting.
Nobody organized with their coworkers to form unions. Nobody carried for relatives that had lost work or gotten sick from the pandemic. Nobody provided care for young children or volunteered to help impoverished neighbors or mucked out homes after devastating hurricanes. Nobody went to school to get advanced degrees in fields necessary for building out green energy or modern transit or dense housing or criminal justice.
Nobody. Did. Anything.
Four years later, I demand the party cater to me, Me, ME.
When you think about it, denouncing genocide is an entirely selfish act.
"But I did refuse to vote, cuz that would just be perpetuating a broken system that doesn't give us any good choices."
"Oh... how's the system doing now?"
"Still broken."
"And the choices?"
"Still no good."
"So, it worked?"
"Not really, but I did get to just sit on my ass and post memes."
“But I voted every 4 years for decades and it only got worse. Eventually I realised doing the same thing was never going to get a different result, especially when my voice was taken for granted”
“Did voting help”
“No, but I got to feel good for myself like I was on the winning team”
"Did voting help?"
"Yes, it got Trump kicked out of office in 2020. But the next time people decided that not voting would be the best option, so he got voted right back in."
You have to energize your base to get them to go to the polls. Maybe the Democrats should try running a candidate who doesn't suck.
"Fall in love, fall in line," indeed. Guess there's just no completing with a cult of personality.
Not when you have a candidate who supports genocide and was trying to court billionaires, moderate Republicans, and the Cheneys. Towards the end there, I thought, "There really is nothing appealing about her now."
Right at the beginning, there was so much hope and enthusiasm, but then the DNC and their consultants stepped in and ruined everything.
Naw, it's gonna be "What did you do during the genocide in Gaza?"
Hey I was more aware of it than the last three (that I know of) in my lifetime.
I like how both sides are constantly complaining about the erosion of free society and democracy but both sides also support questionable legislation.
One side is demonstrably worse in literally every political action/debate. I'm no Democrat but this both sides stuff has to stop if we're ever going to make progress.
That's only true if you believe one side. The Democrats have also repeatedly expanded surveillance just like the Republicans. There only seem to be a handful of congress people who are are concerned with privacy.
I'm more concerned with poverty than I am with the surveillance state. It's already here and will never be rolled back. Things could still be done to alleviate poverty like universal healthcare, ubi, etc.
Those who would sacrifice a little liberty, for a little safety, deserve neither.
Sacrifice? It was fucking stolen, shot in the head, and thrown in the sea before anyone knew it was even happening.
Very good literature lesson you have there. Let's live in the real world. What are you doing to roll back privacy erosion? Kids don't even understand privacy. I have a nephew that uses his full legal name for everything he does online and will not stop, despite me talking to him about how stupid that is several times.
Privacy is over apart from the tools I'm sure you know about and use. Let's focus on the big shit.
Hey now, give me credit:
I also texted them to conservative family members from burner numbers!
“Fucking legend”
So… what’s the alternative?
Getting involved in local political action? Mutual aid? Gift economy?
The revolution will not be hosted on the fediverse.
You seriously think it's on reddit or Twitter???
Just kidding, join your local protest and mutual aid group! See you on the street!
If you really want to help make things better: don't focus on elections (that includes more local ones).
Real political power doesn't come from the ballot box, but from political organizing.
Nooo, you have to blindly pick a side and act like you’re infallible and the other fallible.
Don’t let up from the culture war, or else you might look to see the class war running everything.