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Well... You're not wrong.
But it’s not helpful to doom about these things.
I dunno, acknowledging the problems seems like a good start
Lemmy has been chock-full of these memes critical of the dems since the election. How much more of this "good start" is needed before people move on to the next step (whatever it might be)?
Everyone I know is already aware of the fact that we’re bracing through a torrent of garbage. I’m terrified that reluctant voters are going to choose the party that will turn the pressure higher or ignore the flesh stripping blast. My skin has peeled to the bone. Throwing suspicion at the only people capable of closing the valve is not relevant to me.
If they're capable of closing the valve, why haven't they? They either complain they don't have the votes to make a difference; or when they do have the votes, they say "this is the time to compromise" or whatever lame excuse to continue to do nothing.
A prerequisite to getting into a position where one is "capable of closing the valve" is to prove, beyond any doubt, that they are not a person who could ever dream of closing that valve. Even a little bit.
You are being one of those "ignore the flesh stripping blast" as you tell others that "throwing suspicion" is "not relevant". Motherfucker we've been throwing a lot more than just suspicion at them for 50+ years and they won't do shit. I'm glad you've got enough bodies between you and that nozzle so that the level of inaction is irrelevant to you, but that's not true for your shields.
Dude, we’re a decent proportion of the way into the transition to fascism. Your absence of situational awareness and reading comprehension is going to sway people toward cranking up the pressure. Again.
In what world does my saying that my flesh has been stripped to the bone indicate that I haven’t been affected? Read between the lines, ya doofus
You're right. Everything's ok.
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Dude, the US is on fire. Pointing out that there’s a sewage leak is unhelpful.
If you look at a forest fire, you can't do anything, so the thing is to weather it out/ contain it and try to prevent it happening. Looking at a trash can fire, you try to put it out before it gets out of hand.
I agree with that sentiment too.
But they are. Think what the message is implying here. Don't do the things that are actually important to actually pull votes to your side. There's no point since it's all rigged. This post is propaganda.
This post is like some political consultant group found things that could sway an election and turn tides and then inverted it to imply those things are just silly
So is this reply. Also being propaganda is funny in this case since nothing here says anything about not voting, just that currently the two party system has broken down and no longer feels like democracy (due to how it is not). In this case who would the propaganda be for? The democrats? Not likely, they are not helped here. The republicans? Don't think they care, many don't plan on having fair elections again. Big molotov?
This helps Republicans. You're not going to see that. But that's why the left is in the situation they are in. You're all still in the stone age that you're not relevant anymore. It's not that the Democrats are shit. The entire left are so far behind that they won't catch up anytime soon
Not a democrat, not even an american.
The us is no longer a democracy, and is fast becoming the next global pariah state.
It's still a democracy. There is still a lot of order and authority keeping things running. It's just a shit show right now. But places like Lemmy and other social media radicalizing people are trying to undo it
That's not what a democracy is. North Korea has a lot of order and authority keeping things running as well for example.
Every form of government requires that.
Kinda, but to be a democracy requires just a touch more. This might shock you, but declaring something does not make it true. You can't just yell "Freedom", "We are #1" and "This nation is a democracy".
I agree. I'll leave it at that.