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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

imagine being so intellectually impoverished to think that voting is the sole means of political engagement

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's just too bad that people are only capable of one form of political engagement at a time. There's no way that someone could try to organize in their community and fill out a ballot a few times a year.

And really, why would you? Things will be exactly the same no matter who is in power as long as they aren't 100% aligned with your views.

Nah, best to mock anyone who chooses coalition building over ideological purity and stick to the plan of having a tiny fraction of the population lead a revolution... eventually.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 20 hours ago

Why does it feel like people like you are a product of a propaganda mill than anyone with any original thoughts.

Same talking points over and over and over for decades that lead to Trump getting elected, but nothing changed.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice straw man, nowhere did I say anything about doing only one form of political engagement at a time. In fact, that's precisely what I was deriding in my comment.

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And I had said nothing about voting at all, let alone suggesting that people should vote and do nothing else. Maybe I confused you for the straw man because you were still covered in the stuff from fighting a straw man of your own.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

My mistake for assuming you'd actually be making your comment within the context of the discussion.