How do y'all cope with this
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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I struggle every day with the thought that the corporate noose tightening around all of our necks will not be solved unless we as a society begin to provide some real ... 'mortal incentive' to the oligarchs of the world. No way I could ever do it myself, but I understand the need for it now more than ever.
Normally I'm a solutions guy. I shouldn't be coming up with this as a solution for the issues of the world right now, but it's gotten so egregious that the systems we've put in place FOR THE PEOPLE are not working for the people any longer.
lol, no (or to be more accurate - which people?)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/american-democracy-was-never-designed-to-be-democratic
https://libcom.org/article/capitalist-democracy-illusion-choice
Yes. Why else would you let women vote? /s
https://kbin.social/media/cache/resolve/entry_thumb/35/4d/354d0a2c404970aa339d967747e3beddaa69c0cd67753c5669e4b83975f46ac3.jpg
You probably think this doesn't apply to you, but conveniently enough it both address your poor "joke", and your reply bellow about voting - none of your rights were "given" to you either, and "letting" you vote, as someone has already pointed out to you (and as is broken down in the links I shared that you clearly didn't bother reading), a distraction and an illusion of choice to make sure the current power structure (which you are at the very bottom of), remains.
Maybe instead of being a wilfully ignorant smart ass, try actually educating yourself some?
I agree with you about the lock-in, that's the joke. The /s was there to indicate that I don't support women voting just because it is powerless. How else do you interpret it?
I disagree that voters are powerless. Being focused on resolving gerrymandering and such isn't helpful. Even with gerrymandering, voters can change things. But they cannot do that as dispersed voters. More in the other comment.