Grayox@lemmy.ml to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoVoting is changing the Oil to keep the engine runninglemmy.mlimagemessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up126arrow-down1imageVoting is changing the Oil to keep the engine runninglemmy.mlGrayox@lemmy.ml to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejmankman@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoSo we’re gonna act like winning the popular vote and losing isn’t a problem in and of itself?
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoOf course it’s a problem. But people point to this and say “the system’s broken [of course it is], so why vote!” Which is what the most fascist, anti-freedom politicians want. Functionality, it’s the same as voting for the ‘R’ in every election.
minus-squareHotchip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSystems fucked, but I always vote. Getting blamed while supporting a candidate I despise certainly is icing on the shit cake
So we’re gonna act like winning the popular vote and losing isn’t a problem in and of itself?
Of course it’s a problem. But people point to this and say “the system’s broken [of course it is], so why vote!” Which is what the most fascist, anti-freedom politicians want. Functionality, it’s the same as voting for the ‘R’ in every election.
Systems fucked, but I always vote. Getting blamed while supporting a candidate I despise certainly is icing on the shit cake