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minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoCan’t you vote and do a revolution, whenever that’s going to happen
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoNot as long as voters keep thinking voting is the solution.
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoIt’s not one or the other, you can still vote to try and minimize damage while working towards or dreaming about revolution.
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days ago minimize damage Good sir, WHAT DAMAGE‽
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoSome candidates are worse than others. You’d preferably would want the less shit one to win
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoIf a political system yields worse candidates, why then should one support a system that still causes damage‽ Why are you blaming a voter for being responsible for harm reduction, when the system still creates damage?
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI’m struggling to understand your point. Are you asking why you should vote for the less shitty candidate?
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoWait, you don’t comprehend your own political system?
minus-squareSaapas@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days agoWe don’t use First Past The Post. Where did you assume I was from and why…?
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoI don’t think anyone politically active thinks voting is the end-all-be-all of political activity. As for the average person… if you convince them voting doesn’t matter, you know what they’re going to do instead? NOTHING. They’re not going to go out of their way to join a political revolution. They’re just going to give up and say “I guess there’s nothing that can be done.”
Can’t you vote and do a revolution, whenever that’s going to happen
Not as long as voters keep thinking voting is the solution.
It’s not one or the other, you can still vote to try and minimize damage while working towards or dreaming about revolution.
Good sir, WHAT DAMAGE‽
Some candidates are worse than others. You’d preferably would want the less shit one to win
If a political system yields worse candidates, why then should one support a system that still causes damage‽ Why are you blaming a voter for being responsible for harm reduction, when the system still creates damage?
I’m struggling to understand your point. Are you asking why you should vote for the less shitty candidate?
Wait, you don’t comprehend your own political system?
We don’t use First Past The Post. Where did you assume I was from and why…?
I don’t think anyone politically active thinks voting is the end-all-be-all of political activity.
As for the average person… if you convince them voting doesn’t matter, you know what they’re going to do instead?
NOTHING.
They’re not going to go out of their way to join a political revolution.
They’re just going to give up and say “I guess there’s nothing that can be done.”