Voters

[atro_city@fedia.io]

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[fartswithanaccent@fedia.io]

When it's time to vote.

When it's time to complain about the direct result of people choosing not to vote.

Edit: If you didn't vote, get fucked.

[demesisx@infosec.pub]

How dare you, OP.

What you’re doing is the equivalent of victim-shaming. The two party system is a fucking sham; and if you’re too comfortable (or ignorant) to realize that, you need to go read up on the US’s fake democracy and stop punching down on your allies.

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Some reading:

1.) First past the post makes only two parties possible.

2.) Voting is a fucking sham when you only have two private parties that win court cases where they are accused of election fraud, offering the following as their defense:

“We could have voluntarily decided that, ‘Look, we’re gonna go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way,’”

furthermore, the DNC’s lawyer said,

“There’s no right to not have your candidate disadvantaged or have another candidate advantaged. There’s no contractual obligation here…it’s not a situation where a promise has been made that is an enforceable promise,”

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If your two parties are legally allowed to engage in open election fraud in the process of selecting those only two possible candidates, how effective is it IN REALITY to vote?

[noforwardslashs@sopuli.xyz]

You're right, the only way to fix that is to not vote and then post memes.

[demesisx@infosec.pub]

No. But the way to fix this CERTAINLY isn’t to post memes broadcasting your anger at some perceived slight from people that won’t step in line behind a sham system like some stupid sheep to be herded for your silly partisan hackery. The shaming does nothing more than perpetuate the very issue of corruption and austerity in the US.

Ranked choice voting solves the issues created by FPTP.

Have you EVER seen evidence that shaming marginalized, unrepresented, utterly voiceless and abused voters works?

[demesisx@infosec.pub]

If you think voting between two utterly corrupt parties that collaborate on fucking you over behind closed doors matters, get fucked.

[noforwardslashs@sopuli.xyz]

Well it's certainly got you worked up!

[fartswithanaccent@fedia.io]

I didn't tell you who to vote for, I just told you to vote. Voting third party is still better than not voting, and you're not just voting for a party, you're voting for candidates with all sorts of different views, judges, bills levies, all sorts of shit.

If you can't be bothered to get off your ass and vote once a year, that is shitty and complaining about the thing you couldn't even fucking bother with would make you a royal asshat. Go fucking vote if you live in a place where you still can.

[demesisx@infosec.pub]

This is a good retort. I’m disarmed and willing to cede this point to you. IMHO, voting third party is ineffective but I will cede that voter apathy is worse.

Personally, I voted for Cruz in a solidly dem state.
If Kamala couldn’t even pretend to pledge to stop a genocide (which I knew she wouldn’t from her enthusiastic speeches for the AIPAC alone) she shouldn’t have anyone’s vote. if there are only two viable parties, at least one of them should be pacifists, right?

Thanks for the intellectually honest and non-defensive reply. You’re the type of voter shamer that I can at least come to a common ground with. ️

[demesisx@infosec.pub]

Not as badly as I seem. It’s just insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results that gets me heated.