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Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)
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Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Also: voting is important because it lets you choose your enemy. Progressive liberals and social democrats won't fight against you as hard as conservatives and fascists.

Putting this here because some people might read this and think "Voting doesn't matter."

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  • [+] -40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

    Voting doesn't really matter, though.

    Edit, clarification: at least compared to bottom-up social movements.

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  • [+] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The US supreme court isn't even a democratically legitimized body. Why do you want to take the high road if reactionaries clearly don't care for the rules?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Go to your local library and read a book. Any book.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It absolutely does though. You can’t elect worker ownership of the means of production but you sure can elect anything from fascists to social democrats. I for one don’t want fascists to control my government

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If progressive policies were ever put into place by an elected body, it was always merely a by-product of already established social consensus formed by bottom-up politics.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    If it doesn't matter, why are so many people afraid when the right wing parties take control? If it's not important why are people so concerned about the supreme Court? Why are women so scared of anti abortion legislation? You vote the legislative and they can simply take the power away from your social movements. So in the end, it does matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Voting should not be the main strategy to fight for liberty and progressive change, since the cards in electoralism are way too stacked in favour of the already powerful minority. That's what I meant with "voting is not important".

    When Trump lost the last election, MAGA-heads were ready to take up arms against what they considered an injustice. Why aren't progressives ready to do so? How does the "vote blue no matter who" crowd prepare against another Jan 6th situation?

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