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Just vote to change things. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 31 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

Weird how voting always seems to work for the right wing

Maybe voting would actually work if…you know…you actually voted

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    We forgetting when Americans voted out Trump now?

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    From another commenter: https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop

    Trump wasn't full fascist yet in his first term. He was just getting the taste of that power.

    You could also believe the rumours that he only won the second time due to rigging and voter fraud. Something he constantly kept accusing the dems of. And we know how much he projects.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    I get it but do you actually think we won’t have elections in 2028 and that a democrat can’t win the presidency again?

    We just had some elections and democrats absolutely destroyed in almost all of them

    I know it’s mostly doom out there but this is absolutely not a full fascist takeover

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    We forgetting that the person who replaced him was also a fascist and then Trump got reelected anyway now?

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Because people like you stayed home.

    You're the reason for Trump, it's your fault.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Damn, I didn't realize I - a non-eligible voter not living in a swing state - was that powerful. That makes it even more egregious that the Democrats didn't try to win my vote. I personally chose who would win and they wouldn't even not do genocide to convince me

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Not once ever? Not even when Trump lost the 2020 election despite the jan6 raid on the capitol?

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago

    And yet, we're seeing GOP reps resigning in critical and contested seats that have been demonstrated to lean far more towards the Dems, especially when Dem-Socs are on the ticket.

    We shouldn't just vote, but not voting will ensure we never get out of this mess.

    The MAGAts wouldn't be trying every voter suppression trick in the book if voting wasn't currently still a colossal threat to their power

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Americans: "Our FPTP two-party electoral college system doesn't work. Clearly democracy doesn't work."

    Meanwhile in Canada we just voted for dental care. Europeans just voted to take on big tech corporations.

    I think the problem is years of "it's not my job to educate you, sweetie". Turns out it is our job to educate them. Because they vote.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The right have gerrymandered and bet million bucks rigged the voting machines too. Always projection with them. Look at Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham voting districts. I read years ago that they have it rigged that they could never lose even if people voted.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Those guys are senators. There are no voting districts for Senate elections. They are state-wide popular votes.

    Voting districts are relevant at the federal level for presidential and House of Representatives races.

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