How do y'all cope with this
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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Voting is snake oil that keeps a disenfranchised nation from resorting to violence. You're mad now, so vote for this person who will change things in 30-40 years...maybe...if you're lucky...if the system lets them...oh sorry we couldn't do it...maybe you should vote more...
When these people are holding the American populace under water, we don't have the time to wait to file a petition of grievances.
Violence gets things done that voting won't. Nothing in American politics has changed without it.
Then hurry up with riots because drones are coming.
You don't have to wait to affect change with votes. Politicians are traders of power. They will implement your request now if it secures their reelection.
Voting is only snake oil because voters are complicit. If you reduce resource usage to sustainable levels, quality of life will go down massively. Voters know and don't want that. Blaming billionaires is an excuse.
Looks at the entirety of modern history and lmmfao... 🤣
Also
yes, yes you are...
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/10/14/liberalism-and-fascism-partners-in-crime/
https://truthout.org/articles/fascism-is-possible-not-in-spite-of-liberal-capitalism-but-because-of-it/
https://nyanarchist.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/scratch-a-liberal-a-fascist-bleeds-how-the-so-called-middle-class-has-enabled-oppression-for-centuries/
Where in modern history have voters influenced politicians like lobbyists? That's what has to happen to get results.
You are right about the danger of enabling fascists. But insulting me shouldn't be your refutation of the problem that voters benefit from the current situation.
Letting voters take responsibility is very difficult because it requires voters to see the details and their own faults. That doesn't justify the need for establishing a socialist elite. It just shows that it will take more effort than people are currently willing to invest.