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Every graph about the US (fedia.io)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We have two parties that are shifting to the right and prioritize the rich at every turn. And yet, somehow, we're supposed to keep pretending that voting is going to fix anything in this country.

Voting is a bandaid and we're bleeding out at this point.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Well, you shouldn't just be voting. You should also be campaigning, researching, and even running for election yourself

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yes I'll do those things with all the time I have that is definitely not spent on maintaining food/shelter and sleeping

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Oh, cry me a river. Change is not effortless. It can even start in your own workplace, you can put in the effort to unionize so that you have more time.

    The amount of people with no time at all is very very slim. You don't need to devote all your time to a cause. A day off or 2 a month would already be quite good. And even a few times a year is sufficient to help

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Both of you are correct. You're not wrong: people often complain about the political landscape but take no action, and use excuses like "I have no time and absolutely no way to make time, so somebody else is going to have to magically fix things for me!".

    But you also need to recognize that the US is a state with such a sistematic failure that you're asking that a lot of people sacrifice the little time and energy they have for a cause that, in reality, would require decades of targeted collective effort, which immediately makes things less appealing and gathering a critical mass becomes significantly harder.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Yes, things take time. I understand that I'm asking that, because that's what I'm asking for. People to not just talk, but act, consistently pushing the issue and politicians who support it through decades to insure that not only do the issues get successfully dealt with, but also so that they continue to remain dealt with. I'm aware it's unappealing to people, but I believe that they need to grow up and do it anyways because progress will not happen otherwise. Instead of just hoping someone else will do it for them and blaming everyone, people should take action themselves.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The reason why we keep moving to the right is because people on the left are not voting. The right controls all three branches of government because of the way the country voted, why would the left move away from where they think the votes are being cast?

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