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Nice work, non-voters. You’ll make Sergeant for this.
Lmfao, imagine not only still genuinely believing that you can vote oligarchy, and the inevitable fascism it brings with it, away, but actually getting on your high horse and riding in to the sunset to die on that hill…
Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.
Lucy Parsons
It’s voters with the delusion they have an impact on policy that is written by capitalists that are to blame for our current state of Fascism.
Unless you are among the donor class you have zero impact in government.
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That’s literally not true.
No one should have to pull out the facts to prove it, either - what happened to make you give up on Democracy?
We don’t have a democracy, we have the illusion of a democracy.
Studies from Princeton and Cambridge show politicians listen to the rich, not us.
We don’t have a democracy, we have the illusion of a democracy.
Well, that’s patently not true. We vote, the winner takes office. What’s so hard about understanding that? You see that that happens, right?
Studies from Princeton and Cambridge show politicians listen to the rich, not us.
Oh no a Study from Princeton! Dearie me, well I guess that’s the end of that debate then innit.
Does public opinion affect the political process? Gilens & Page found that the number of Americans for or against any idea has no impact on the likelihood that Congress will make it law.
Did they. Well that’s fascinating. So by their logic no one of any political leaning has any influence. Which means laws are prepared, lobbied, and passed by . . . well, aliens, I guess. Or computers maybe. Still I have the nagging feeling that maybe that’s a huge crock of shit. But then again they are from Princeton, and that’s a good brand, I’ve heard of that. So maybe they’re “right”.
We vote, the winner takes office.
Vote based on their hand picked candidates. Your choices are manufactured for their benefit. We saw how quickly the oligarchy shifted policy when the candidate they didn’t want won the WH with Carter. We saw how they responded when their power was under threat with Bernie. We see how they subvert the process by keeping 3rd party options off the ballots. When 1 billionaire has more political influence than millions of voters your vote means nothing.
They will occasionally throw a few stale bread crumbs out to quiet the masses, but that’s all they are, stale bread crumbs.
You can get involved and change things. That’s the point.
Saying “nuh uh” and “it’s rigged” shows how little involvement you have. It’s self-defeating. Change has a pathway, it’s built-in. We can use it. We just have to, y’know, use it. The bare minimum of which is to vote.
Change and change has never come about via electoral politics, it has come about via mutual aid and class solidarity.
The only thing built into politics is defending the current systems of oppression, participating in and defending those systems prevents change and progress.
Maybe Glenn Beck will finally learn how to spell it.
Just kidding, he’ll be too busy sticking his tongue up their asses to learn how to spell.
Concentration of value (and power) is exactly how capitalism works.
Ok so when will you bring out the Pitchforks ?
…now?
And you even voted for it. Either by Voting for Trump, or not voting at all.
Democrats gave us trump by not demanding better of their politicians
Democrats just ignore this.
And the Democrat party has no blame worth mentioning. No sir, they ran the perfect platform, perfect messaging, perfect policies. It’s them damn non voters. The Dems should run the same playbook again in all it’s glory. And if it don’t work again then by God, the world just isn’t ready for its glory yet and we should keep that ship steady as she goes until it is, ungrateful ass non voters be damned. Yessir.
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