• @anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2219 days ago

    But have you considered that a system that leads to fascism is still better than actually manifested fascism?? And yea, maybe we should fix it before it gets there, but if it can’t be fixed with voting now then we should have voted harder before, and vote harder next time

    • @the_q@lemm.ee
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      1219 days ago

      Voting gives the illusion of choice and power. If it really made a difference we wouldn’t be allowed to do it.

      • Doom
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        318 days ago

        Voting gives choice and power. If it didn’t make a difference they wouldn’t try to stop you from voting

        Roger Stone got Bush elected by swarming a court house

        Trump has harassed the authenticity of voting, voting laws and registration rolls to prevent people from voting.

      • @mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        119 days ago

        oh so conservatives gerrymandering and throwing out minority vote ballots is all about nothing huh? they spend millions to disenfranchise people for no reason?

        apathy is a shit platform

    • NSRXN
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      619 days ago

      it’s not, actually, any better to be falling off a cliff that to have finished the fall.

    • As a soc dem, capitalism is only slightly better but the system needs heavy regulations. But with the burgeoning AI and automation, I am starting to lean more towards socialism. I mean, after AI “companies” stole our data to train their AI with, isn’t it only right that WE should actually take rightful ownership of that? At some point, AI and automation will become advanced enough that most jobs will be gone and humans would not be needed anymore. When that time comes, the ordinary folks should take their rightful stake in that automation revolution by taxing robots or take communal ownership of AI to fund universal basic income and services. That is the best socialism we can get. Not only we can finally rid of social ails that plague humanity due to unbridled capitalism, but also we are taking away full power from oligarchs who stole our own data to begin with. They would not be there if it weren’t for us to begin with.

    • @mad_lentil@lemmy.ca
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      519 days ago

      Darnittt and I’m already voting against who I want in charge rather than who I actually want to have a majority. 😩 Is there like a fascist lite party I can vote for or something?? Obviously, I’d prefer no fascism but as we all no, it’s that kind of talk that leads to the fascists taking over!

        • @wpb@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          … if you’re dead set on maintaining a liberal democracy, where “maintaining” refers to what you’re seeing in the US with Trump right now. Also, it’s not restricted to two party systems. Look at Europe.

          • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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            218 days ago

            Nah, I mean literally the US without some kind of revolution. States aren’t THAT separate in the US.