me irl : me

[–] iusearchbtw@feddit.uk 28 points 4 days ago

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

HOW DID NOT VOTING WORK IN 2016 AND2024??

Fuck off with this bullshit. Voting isn't enough, but it is the minimum and you're a fucking moron if you think not voting is a choice that won't hurt you in the long run.

Advocate for local mutual aid and work from the bottom to improve things, of course. But if you sit out voting because it won't help, you're already not helping so shut the fuck up

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago

voting just shows ppl care about the state of world. Its difficult to fix the world if 30% of the ppl are right wing cultist, 30% dont care, and 10% think the options not good enough to slow down the right wing momentum.

I agree political Parties like dems are not the best solution. However, voting for them or third parties is important to slowing the momentum right. we need that so we can start pushing the momentum left.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 4 days ago

People still have faith in neo-liberal democrats?

[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml -10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

you can't vote away fascism

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You absolutely can. Its just you actually have to show up first, and not focus on a single election, and vote pragmatically instead of with "principle".

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

how has it been working out for you?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well since people keep not showing up, focusing on a single election, and voting (or not) based on their "principles" (re: ego), it's not.

Considering alternatives require all those things (and usually more), I don't see anything else working any better though.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if you blame the victims for the rise of fascism, you will never solve that conundrum.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the victims (ourselves included, no matter your nationality) never do anything to fix their own situation, no one else is going to do it for them. There is no white knight coming for you, sitting on your ass and waiting for someone else to fix everything for you is how fascism takes hold.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

practice what you preach. do something, then.

fascism already took hold in your country.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But you can not-vote and welcome fascism in with open arms.

Good going heros, you fascism-d Townsville, all because VoTiNg Is NoT gOoD eNoUgH and you couldn't do the bare minimum

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I mean if anything besides communism counts as "Fascism" to you, you are probably right. I am not quite sure if your authoritarian alternative sounds better to me than democracy though.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 days ago

ok, tell me how things improve by next election.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then do something

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

i'm not usian. up to you.

me_irl