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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ppl don't want to win, they want someone else to win for them, which is how we got in this mess in the first place. American Democracy, in practice, encourages the notion that someone else will work on your interests, on your behalf, without requiring sustained effort on your part. We let elected official operate largely in secret and with zero oversite from those they represent, for 4 years.

Until the electorate is able and willing to sustain oversite over the actions of their elected officials, with the tools necessary to step in and influence or remove their representatives, if needed, then there is no power outside voting every 4 years.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Democracy is as strong as its voter base. Right now we have a third of people ingesting complete nonsense propaganda on purpose, a third with no media literacy and many with no actual literacy and most of those people don't vote, and the remaining third is a split between more corporate centrists and various leftists who disagree with the centrists and may or may not agree with the rest of the left on anything at all.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

we dont have a democray, we set up a system where the rich only have to bribe 100 senators to get what they want.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

A single Sociopathic Oligarch could make each of those senators rich beyond their dreams without ever even noticing a blip in their bank account. And there are a LOT of Sociopathic Oligarchs. Somebody must have tried it, and probably succeeded for the most part.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Agreed, freedom aint free. I truly believe this, even if I get down voted every single time I say it.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, it ain't, and the people are willing and able to pay for it, get to direct it.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Countdown to the DOJ declaring his words a "legitimate islamic terrorist threat" in 3 -- 2 -- 1--

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We won't win without organization. With that we need some white populist candidates. Wtf is wrong that we have 0 white populist left candidates?

Seriously, something is wrong.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's wrong is the dnc would rather fight the left than the GOP.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

“For far too long, our party has seen its job as managing decline instead of delivering material change for working people." - Mamdani

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

You know it.

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 2 points 6 days ago

Sorry, I would help you out there but I was banned from r/democrats for saying Biden shouldn't run for re-election and was spoken to like a child and made persona non grata at my local democratic party meeting for saying we should actually get people on the ballot in every race. Granted, the later was over a decade ago so maybe some non-asshole non-idiots have started to show up.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

willing to fight

Willing to LIE

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fight?!?! Jeez what a violent extremist

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'd think people would be able to put the /s in by themselves...

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I come from a time before the /s and I refuse to adopt it

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah, I see you too are from the before times.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Keep inhaling them vegetables me son.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

so we put AIPAC and billionaires in concentrations camps and chop their heads off on the hour

do i have my lemming memes corrects

that kind of fight?

or is it just cheap groceries

sorry i was just joking it's sarcasm hahahaha

oh my neighbourhood in russia is not doing so well since the flying bombs

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yikes, people are clearly having difficulty detecting the obvious sarcasm in this comment

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 16 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I mean, its my own fault for posting like this here on the autism social media

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Idk that Jimmy guy was having a whole convo with himself

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That person is an eccentric red scare loon, they only thing they talk about is how anyone left of center is a commie. They appear to have no other thought in their mind.

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