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The efficacy of liberalism in one picture. (hexbear.net)
submitted 5 months ago by Magician@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net
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If you really want the link.

So many layers of The Process and the only defense against political assassinations is voting.

We are so far past the point of voting our way out. We're the most propagandized people on earth. My god. And the US has been assassinating political rivals since it's founding. It's a country built on assassinating political rivals.

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 70 points 5 months ago

How many times has the US tried to assassinate Castro again?

Oh sorry, it's only bad if it's an American getting assassinated, my bad

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 50 points 5 months ago

us-foreign-policy we should get this card laminated for how often it's used.

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 39 points 5 months ago

634 schemes and attempts fidel-sarcastic

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 64 points 5 months ago

I take this to mean they don't really believe what they're saying.

They probably think they believe it, but their behavior shows what they really believe: this is a normal election. I don't know what it will actually take for them to actually start believing what they're saying, but when they do they're not going to just ask people to vote harder 🙄

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 43 points 5 months ago

maybe-later-kiddo maybe-later-honey

If you don't vote, the next president will assassinate you. Vote like your life depends on it!

Don't ask how we got there or critique the society that would even have that decided in an election.

[-] flan@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I agree that they don't really believe what they're saying. The west is so insulated from civil war, coups, assassinations, political violence, extreme inflation, or other rapid changes in quality of life that the things they are talking about are completely abstract. Decades ought to be measured in centuries in the west because nothing really changes.

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

That’s the gigantic paradox with the West, simultaneously the most insulated from that sort of turmoil yet constantly afraid that they’re the most exposed to it.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 36 points 5 months ago

Oh no, I voted so hard I gave myself a hernia

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago

I'm gonna voooooote!

panting

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago

Did you know that Marilyn Manson had two ribs removed so he could vote for himself?

True story

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 5 months ago

a whole new take on the middle school rumor

[-] NeelixBiederman@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago

I spend more time waiting in line to self-checkout my groceries compared to how long it takes to read the green party voter guide and fill in my mail-in ballot. If you think an act as difficult as a boring chore is going to stop fascism, you should really take a minute and think before you speak.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 30 points 5 months ago

I hate liberals I hate liberals I hate liberals I hate liberals

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago

It's like asking a train to change direction not realizing it's on fucking tracks.

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 months ago

I'm voting harder than ever before, is it making the change we need yet?

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

pathetic

[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

my friend I'm the GOAT of VOTE and shit has only ever gotten worse

i-voted

[-] footfaults@hexbear.net 12 points 5 months ago

America has already killed American citizens overseas in drone strikes. Obama killed Anwar Al-Awlaki and then Trump killed his kids.

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

The law that allowed for those killings was passed by Obama. I got a form letter in reply when I complained about it. I'd like to think that started my leftward turn.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 months ago

Remind me which democrat politician condemned the murder of Qasem Soleimani?

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Sotomayor with the illegal-to-say

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