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if the entire population just acted in a way they’ve never acted before... (hexbear.net)
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Cross-posted from "if the entire population just acted in a way they’ve never acted before..." by @Wheaties@hexbear.net in !chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

furryprovocateur:

literally why is gerrymandering legal. why is america the stupid idiot country.

ndiamichelle:

This could be counterproductive if people actually vote. Everywhere. We can blame the system and politicians all we want but if people don’t get off their ass to vote correctly or just vote in general that would probably solve a good chunk of our problems.

furryprovocateur:

enthralled at the interpretation of the world you have. the best way to vote out a system that exists to suppress votes and bottleneck specific populations from being heard is to vote harder. tell me more.

toloveviceforitself:

There’s a certain kind of democrat whose whole politics is basically “if the entire population just acted in a way they’ve never acted before on a level that borders on the miraculous, we could win without changing anything else about how democrats govern or campaign!” and they think that’s not only a useful insight, but a good justification for rejecting literally any alteration of their ideology, their strategy, or even suggestions that (on the occasions they have power) they alter the rigged system that requires such miracles in the first place.

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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

Not to defend the "vote harder" logic, but gerrymandering to get more seats does make those seats more vulnerable. If you narrow the margins to get more seats, the margins are easier to overcome.

But politicians need to speak to their constituents needs in order for that to matter, and Ds are more interested in big donor checks than the rabble.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 11 points 10 hours ago

There’s a certain kind of democrat whose whole politics is basically

Certain kind? I think the entire basis for the existence of the democratic is ‘vote and insha’allah’. They have no vision for the future and are living in some fugue state

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 24 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Wait till you hear how different people have to act for a revolution to happen!

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yep. One of my ~~pet peeves~~ sources of blood pressure increase is leftists who dodge individual action, as if The Glorious Revolution will ~~manifest~~ emerge out of the world like the AI bros waiting for AGI. As if networks, movements, organizations, aren't made of people. As if extraterrestrials would drop in to do it for us. Here's a thing: people don't like organizing around and following hypocrites and selfish bastards. And being a selfish bastard also makes one vulnerable to blackmail from the rich and powerful (being compromised).

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 hours ago

Whether reform or revolution, nothing will happen without a great deal of organizing and leadership.

So, uh, those of us who are more aware of these realities should probably go get involved with something irl.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 21 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

i mean yes, but also the usa has insanely low voter participation.

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Sure, but places like Australia with mandatory voting shows that forcing increased participation doesn't solve or really improve things. You would need to create conditions where a leftist/progressive politics could actually push forward a real policy after getting elected. But even that is hardly possible except under extreme catastrophe or duress in a capitalist system. The causality is that the major parties being undemocratic and out of step with the nation creates low voter turnout rather than the other way around.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 hours ago

Sure, but places like Australia with mandatory voting shows that forcing increased participation doesn’t solve or really improve things.

Sooo... blaming the population for not participating in a fundamentally anti-democratic system didn't magically turn the fundamentally anti-democratic system into something democratic?

Colour me surprised.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

yeah mandatory voting is not the solution. the argument that change must come from below has some merit, but in a climate of voter suppression it's not a useful one.

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 9 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, the point is that there needs to be some material or structural change that would buy people into a movement and motivate them to focus their efforts into some political project. Not that chiding individuals online, hoping people spontaneously thought and acted different or just getting more people to vote would magically fix things.

[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Arguably, if the US voter turnout would just perpetually remain high, the Democrats would be incentivized to be even worse. Then their strategy of always moving right and throwing minorities and rights under the bus to win over "moderate Republicans" since they couldn't alienate poor or non-white voters because "what are they going to do, vote Republican!?!?! HAHAHAHAAHA! We're the lesser evil!" might work.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 4 hours ago

The people most likely to be impacted by gerrymandering and voter suppression typically vote more left leaning (kind of why they are impacted in the first place), so I'm not sure why you would suggest that this would move things to the right.

If anything, it would shift things a bit left. Not as far as it needs to go, but certainly not ratcheting to the right. Thats kind of an odd take.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

It's so weird, because voting is patriotic and US Americans are super hyped on patriotism, but then they somehow don't vote. I don't get it.

[–] TheOneCurly@feddit.online 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Voting is generally accepted as "good" but zero practical allowances are actually afforded for it. You still have to get to work on time, kids are still going to school, all the normal things that overworked wage slaves deal with every day but now there's one extra thing that involves waiting in line for an hour they don't have. The OP is right, the deck is stacked against people actually participating and it's not all their fault.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

oh, i see. in my region almost all voting traditionally happens on sundays. ppl just swing by the voting booths between church and bbq or whatever they do on sundays.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 10 points 7 hours ago

Voting is on Tuesdays in the US. Your employer is not required to give you paid time off to go and vote. Some places have mail on voting or early voting at the election board, but that depends on your state. It's very telling that even the most "Vote!" liberals are not advocating for making election day a federal holiday with guaranteed paid time off for voting.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

In the US, many people are forced to work on Sundays to provide services to all the people who get the weekend off.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

so are in my region, but the voting booths are open about 10h and are in range of like 10m by foot from everyones home. so ppl should be able to reach them before or after work.

[–] sharkteethsandwich@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 11 hours ago

I've talked to a lot of different people about this. People in different states, ages, professions, etc. Pretty much the main thing that keeps people from voting is that no one feels represented by either party. And for some people, they haven't felt represented their whole lives.

Also the whole voting is patriotic thing is kind of bullshit at this point. No one that I know personally thinks of voting as a super important thing that everyone should be proud of. That's just a media thing.

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You see a small, loud subset of USAmericans on the web so I understand how you could think that we're all "super hyped on patriotism" but the fact is that most of us just wake up, do normal human things then go to bed. This over-generalization of huge populations of people is making me tired.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

I also see USAmericans on TV/news etc., but that probably doesn't help, because the hyped ppl are often near the center of attention, eg. at sports events or rallies.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Did db0 defederate from hexbear or vice versa? None of their posts show up in my feed anymore and I can’t see any of the linked communities or comments from this post

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

No, though I can't either from anarchist.nexus, might be some federation shenanigans.

Edit: I can see comments though, just not seeing communities at the moment.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nope

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

I can see comments now but communities won’t load. Chapo shows as empty. Weird!

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

sounds like an upgrade to me ngl

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

“Waahhhh I can’t handle seeing posts I disagree with so no one else should either”

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If this is your reaction to seeing posts you disagree with, maybe you do need to stay defederated

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
  1. I’m not them
  2. its a commentary on advocating for censorship of content that is not harmful, just that you personally disagree with, which is reprehensible
  3. u a weenie
[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 hours ago

Thank you for... proving my point further?

[–] tlmcleod@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago

Dunno, I can see hexbear comments and posts

[–] TheOneCurly@feddit.online 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Unless one of them is doing it in some way that bypasses the built-in lemmy instance block it looks like a you problem, they appear in each others' linked instances lists.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Since posting this comments now appear but communities still don’t show in feed and manually browsing they show as empty

Very well could be on my end but I don’t know what. I don’t have anything blocked or whatever. Weird

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

'A certain kind'?