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[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Biden's polling low, the voters want things do be different... huh, better campaign on doing nothing different! What? They're saying we're doing a genocide? Well, better point out that Trump is gonna do a worse genocide!

That'll be a great message, exactly the sort of thing that makes people excited to vote...

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Yeah, because people should vote on excitement and engagement, not truth ... totally doesn't devolve a democratic process into one of reactionary populisms fueled by false promises. If people want to get excited, they should go to a theme park. If they have a shred of civil responsibility, they vote, specially when things were as bad as they were.

[–] Carl@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If people want to get excited, they should go to a theme park.

Welcome to America!

If they have a shred of civil responsibility

lmao

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's the thing, when most of society laughs at that, the chances of having any sort of democratic process work drop to nothing.

[–] Carl@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Americans have the most individualist "fuck you I got mine" ladder-pulling-upist culture in the entire world. Maybe someday we'll have a cultural revolution and come out the other side less anti-social, but in the meantime if you want anything done in this country you've got to convince people that there's something in it for them.

its as simple as this, if you don't respect democracy, you don't deserve democracy.

Go vote, or shut the fuck up and accept your fate, those are your two options. Don't come crying to me when you realized you voted for a fucking loser. Make a better choice next time.

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