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Some of y'all are not ready to hear this... (lemmy.world)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

If you vote for someone in an electoral democracy you're showing support for them, directly. Your vote is a translation of your democratic political power (in theory). It is the same as stating "I want this person in power/control". For that reason, yes voting for someone is literally endorsing them.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, "(in theory)" - that doesn't have to be inside brackets, all you speak of is a theoretical, ideal democracy. But what we have is, for many good and bad reasons, not even close to that (as can be seem from the actual process of any elections), and it is delusional and useless to act like it is.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So youre simultaneously saying you dont live in a democracy, and also that your vote matters? Those 2 ideas are entirely incompatible with each other.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    So youre simultaneously saying you dont live in a democracy, and also that your vote matters?

    I'm pretty sure I didnt say either of those things; I don't wish to argue about the semantics regarding the first statement, and the second statement is definitely correct for large parts of the population in some nominally democratic western countries (specifically US and UK whose electoral systems are a fucking disgrace).

    Also yes i am speaking about the notion of democracy itself, that’s why I put the words in theory there lol

    Alright, but it's clear that I dismissed this idealist/theoretical mode of dealing with politics in my first comment, and I don't really see any arguments for reestablishing it.

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