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As I said, I voted for Harris in 2024.
I'm merely pointing out that the details matter. A blanket "refusing to vote is universally stupid" is a bad take, invented by liberals to project their inability to enfranchise people onto the very people they've failed to enfranchise.
I'm always very happy to talk about the details, and I tend to agree with you about this past year. But I don't begrudge Palestinian Americans who couldn't do it
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No, friend.
Refusing to vote is ALWAYS stupid.
There is no entity that you can "teach" via costly punishment like they are an individual player.
"The Democrats" is not an individual with a memory, it is a loose collection of changing participants and the individual players will focus on their constituency and the groups with highest turnout rates and numbers.
We are in this current cataclysm because people on the left ceded their vote
@carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social
@screwturn@mastodon.social @pjw@social.coop @carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social The way to reform the Ds is the same way Trump reformed the Rs in the opposite direction.
Attack the entire institution, discredit everyone, and promise ground up reform. Except in this case you are promising to do something about monopolies, health care, etc. and take on the various Left-populist causes.
The Ds are wide open for a mirror image of the attack Trump used on the Rs.
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I echo your point and add the following...
Power WILL be allocated as the result of an election. It is imperative you vote for the least bad option - to avoid the worse option(s).
That is always the case. Voting in a democracy is ALWAYS good - therefore, not voting is always dumb.
The time to fight for better policies/candidates is between elections. That is when you can influence a party.
@TCatInReality@mastodon.social @screwturn@mastodon.social @pjw@social.coop @carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social You vote in the same way you take public transport ( sorry #America you won’t get this ). You don’t wait for a bus to your house. You get the bus/train that goes closest to your house. NOT VOTING IS STUPID!
@TCatInReality@mastodon.social @screwturn@mastodon.social @pjw@social.coop @carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social You vote in the same way you take public transport ( sorry #America you won’t get this ). You don’t wait for a bus to your house. You get the bus/train that goes closest to your house. NOT VOTING IS STUPID!
@MrInappropriate@mastodonapp.uk @TCatInReality@mastodon.social @screwturn@mastodon.social @pjw@social.coop @carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social Voting is a civic duty, not a privilege. Everyone (who is able to and allowed to) fails in their responsibilities if they choose not to turn up and make their voice heard.
@MrInappropriate@mastodonapp.uk @TCatInReality@mastodon.social @screwturn@mastodon.social @pjw@social.coop @carl@chaos.social @benroyce@mastodon.social @mmalc@mastodon.social @HamonWry@mastodon.world @Strandjunker@mstdn.social Voting is a civic duty, not a privilege. Everyone (who is able to and allowed to) fails in their responsibilities if they choose not to turn up and make their voice heard.
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