• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    That sounds exactly like what someone would say who had a vested interest in making people give up on voting.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      15 hours ago

      Name an issue and I’ll show you how the ratcheting effect works. Sorry if reality conflicts with blueMAGA

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          2 hours ago

          I’ll admit that it’s not an issue that I’m especially familiar with. What are they doing to implement it on the national level? The best the Democrats can do is promise it for 2028 primaries. In my eyes that’s just more delay tactics

    • bendovertherainbow@lemmynsfw.com
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      17 hours ago

      Not really.

      I think it makes the point that if youre at the vote and those are the options, youre starting too late.

      You still vote for the best option (as in, least horrendous), but you need another option to actually move anything left by voting.

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        4 hours ago

        Voting is not the only tool we have to put pressure on politicians who actually believe in democracy. They will respond to public outcry. The problem is politicians who don’t believe in democracy because all that moves them is money.

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      16 hours ago

      Many former two party countries have managed to elect third, fourth and fifth+ parties, usually once the voters are sick enough of being forced to vote for the lesser evil every cycle.