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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Real, lasting change isn't going to happen instantly and with a minimal of effort.

Movements have to be built, leaders have to be cultivated. These things take time. Mistakes will be made. There will be times when you do everything right but still there are setbacks. If you want your working-class peers to represent your ideals in government, you have to support them. You have to be willing to let them learn, you have to help them out financially and strategically. Because otherwise, the vast majority of them can't compete against billionaires and their favored picks.

Voting alone is not enough in today's climate. Angrily typing at each other and posting furious videos blaming everybody but ourselves is not enough. You continue to do the same but expect different results -- you're going to be disappointed.

Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh MY candidate didn't win their primary. Guess what? You've got at least 2 more years to build a movement around people who reflect your values and represent you. You can't snap your fingers and expect the world to revolve around you instantly. Winning takes time, planning, strategy, organizing, money, and so much more. There is no quick fix strategy, and I guarantee you that even if literally every single thing from this moment forward goes exactly right and exactly your way, it's still going to be the better part of a decade (or longer) before there's any chance of arriving where you want to be. This isn't a sprint. It's not even a marathon. Making progress means you have to keep going.

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[–] danhab99@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Which side is telling us that these are the sides. I'm not disagreeing with either of the sides but I kind of feel like there's chirality to every political opinion.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I disagree with any over-simplification

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The media isn't talking about general ideas, they're talking about political policy.

And, no, the Democrats don't want healthcare and education for everyone as policy, if you think they do, you haven't been paying attention.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Is it easier for the general population to sway the voting of their democrat representatives towards healthcare and education reform or is it easier to sway the Republican reps? What about primaries, if your rep stubbornly refused to support their constituents desire for healthcare and education, are there democrat candidates that could be more focused on those issues? Are there Republican candidates?

You kind of need to work with the system you have until you can change it. Either you find the revolution, join it and force the change through violence, or you work in the system and push the reps you have to make it what you want it to be. There are no third party reps and won't be until you switch to a less archaic electoral system which won't happen without revolution or reps that understand it and see the value.

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[–] xta@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

the "media" doesn't "think" they all just push their current agenda

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The two sides are the people and the state/capital, right? ... right?

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 5 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Which side wants healthcare and education? There's some independents that may want that but the two parties of the apparatchik are the same except one has a veneer to mask the racism. Lest we forget, both sides have bombing brown people schools in the middle east as a hobby...

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So foolish to think this way.

The longer we sit here and make it about the "other" is another day/year/decade that these people play us and stay in power.

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 6 points 5 days ago

As do .ml and hexbear.

[–] treesquid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The "both sides" crew somehow thinks the side that supports unions and civil rights and voting rights and due process and raising the minimum wage and not constantly starting wars is equal to the side that wants the opposite of all of that, and the tankies here think liberals are much worse, because tankies are just closet fascists that think yellow looks better on a red background than black and white.

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