2026-04-17 04:32 UTC
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@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2026-04-17 04:37
I mostly agree. I see nothing wrong with voting, though I understand the folks who didn't vote in the last presidential election. I don't think voting matters all that much outside of local elections but do what you will. It's getting a lot of hate rn because it has felt very ineffective at preventing fascism and people are seeking alternatives.
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@juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-17 18:56
Propaganda. It's easier to deactivate the opposition than to convert it.
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@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-17 09:28
Unfortunately voting requires electoralist action, which takes a lot of effort and motivation from those doing it (literally year-long amount of man-hours) which absolutely is mutually exclusive with actually useful things
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@Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 2026-04-18 01:24
Problem is in a lot of states voting does jack shit unless you're on the side of the party the majority of your state votes for. In 2024, 70% of the registered voters voted and the conservatives won by a massive margin. Protests happen every once in a while here, but if you say anything at these to encourage other forms of political movement and you're quickly shut off cause they're afraid you'll hurt the movement.