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quindraco ,

Lest anyone accuse Yog of voting for Trump, rest assured, their post history strongly implies they're not American and have zero understanding of American politics.

087008001234 ,

yeah american politics is so deeply complex and has so much nuance its really hard for anyone outside to know w- oh. actually no

Buttons ,
@Buttons@programming.dev avatar

Somehow Trump returned... 🫠

corsicanguppy ,

? Ugh.

helena ,
@helena@lemmy.eco.br avatar

Honestly crazy how they pretend this is what true democracy looks like and manage to get away with it

TurboHarbinger ,

Space Hitler vs desert Hitler

juliebean ,

unfair comparison. both of these guys are far better public speakers than trump.

Zerush ,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Currently the one which use the bigger Diaper.

Venator ,

The one who gives us water for sure...

figaro ,

Funny! But like Palatine isn't actively trying to end the voting system so am going to vote for him for the sake of the future

Prunebutt , (edited )

So we can have the same rodeo again in 4 years, yaaaay!

AVincentInSpace ,

Better than a guaranteed loss, right?

Prunebutt ,

How many elections that are "the most important" until people notice that representative elections don't work? (Even in non-fptp electoral systems)

AVincentInSpace ,

Still, better to vote for the candidate that will ensure that forms of political action besides voting will continue to be legal

Prunebutt ,

Funny use of the word "ensure".

Buttermilk ,
@Buttermilk@lemmy.ml avatar

Listen Jack, the schools need riot police to ensure the safety of their lawns.

o_d ,
@o_d@lemmygrad.ml avatar

The problem with liberal democracies isn't that representatives are elected, its who those politicians represent. It's not the working class, except when it is and those politicians get Salvador Allende'd 💀.

Honytawk ,

Every election is important, if they weren't why even hold an election?

Prunebutt ,

In US politics it's always "if the dems don't win, then it's the end of the free world".

vzq ,

Remember last time? You guys got pretty close to an actual real life coup d’etat. How many more constitutional crises do you think you can dodge?

You bet your ass the next VP candidate will be vetted to “do the right thing”.

corsicanguppy ,

Not the free world; just America as a mostly-free state.

Prunebutt ,

Lol. As if the dems don't slide into fascism. Cop City is bi-partisan.

AVincentInSpace ,

Best not to vote then? Best to let the guy win who has promised on the campaign trail to make the lives of trans people, women, immigrants, basically everyone who isn't a straight white male, as miserable as he possibly can, and not put up even a token resistance against Israel, because the other guy isn't resisting Israel as hard as we'd like and is therefore just as bad?

I hate Biden too but not voting is not the solution.

Prunebutt ,

I hate Biden too but not voting is not the solution.

Never claimed it was.

corsicanguppy ,

Incomplete sentence.

null ,
@null@slrpnk.net avatar

You're not going to take any action to make things better during those 4 years? Why not?

Prunebutt , (edited )

I wonder how many of the "vote blue no matter who" crowd participate in direct action.

null ,
@null@slrpnk.net avatar

Well, well, well. If it isn't the exact non-answer I was expecting to get from that question. (Albeit with more spelling mistakes)

Prunebutt ,

I'm not from the US, smartypants.

To answer your question: Electoralism is IMHO a waste of time. I'd ratherbe politically active e.g. in a union.

null ,
@null@slrpnk.net avatar

I'm not from the US, smartypants.

So? You're snarkily commenting on the actions of a US citizen.

The fact remains that there's work to be done by the people and it will either happen under Biden or Trump.

One of those options is clearly more inhabitable than the other.

You being from another country and sowing political discord isn't the gotcha you think it is.

Prunebutt ,

So? You're snarkily commenting on the actions of a US citizen.

You were asking me what I was about to do in the coming 4 years, probably concerning US politics.

The fact remains that there's work to be done by the people and it will either happen under Biden or Trump.

Again: You were adressing me.

One of those options is clearly more inhabitable than the other.

It's not about inhability. It's about a system that's in constant peril of sliding into fascism isn't worth defending.

You being from another country and sowing political discord isn't the gotcha you think it is.

I'm not trying to do that. This is an international meme community about politics (nowhere it's specified that it's exclusively about US politics). If I'm not allowed to show my political beliefs here: where can I show them?

Trust me: I'd rather no nothing about the politics of that failed state. But here we are with the world police noticing that it has - like all police - a fascism problem. 🙄

null ,
@null@slrpnk.net avatar

You were asking me what I was about to do in th coming 4 years, probably concerning US politics.

Yeah, shame on me for assuming you were commenting on something that mattered to you. Egg on my face for not recognizing that you're just cackling from the sidelines.

It's not about inhability. It's about a system that's in constant peril of sliding into fascism isn't worth defending.

Then you're either saying there's no way to fix that system (which is pointless and petulant). Or that there's work to do beyond voting to make those fixes (which, see my previous comment)

I'm not trying to do that.

Then frankly, it's not clear what you're actually trying to do. Whatever it is, its coming off as pointless and annoying at best and deliberately divisive at worst.

Prunebutt ,

Then you're either saying there's no way to fix that system (which is pointless and petulant).

I beg to differ: POSIWID

The system is beyond saving and is working as intended. Build dual power outside of electoralism. Incidently: that's what I'm planning to do.

null ,
@null@slrpnk.net avatar

Fancy, semantic way of getting right back to my point which was "this system bad > change to different system".

Is that clearer for you?

corsicanguppy ,

Only until you vote in better people. Then it's a periodic duty to pick the course of your country.

Like we could do too if we got rid of the bathroom fixation and all the anti-science pro-oil blowhards and hillbillies.

Prunebutt ,

Only until you vote in better people.

I wont hold my breath

ArcticAmphibian ,
@ArcticAmphibian@lemmus.org avatar

Palpatine kinda DID end the voting system (analogue to parliamentary democracy):

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."
-Grand Moff Tarkin

So, in other words, the two are more alike than is initially obvious.

MeDuViNoX ,

I wish they were that cool.

variants ,

We have Joe at home

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Oh God, the maga crowd are just War Boys trying to be witnessed

imnapr ,
@imnapr@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Hmmm I dunno, they look kinda young to be president

usualsuspect191 ,

Both sides, amIright?

ikilledtheradiostar ,
@ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net avatar

We count write ins for toecutter as for Joe

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