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It's all political memes now (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
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[–] 71 points 2 years ago (52 children)

It would be nice if we had elected the boring president yeah.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    We outside of the US didn't even have any say in the elections and are subjected to your constant, and I mean constant political shit.

    It's all so tiring

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It's really easy to blame non-voters when you have the privilege of civic literacy, do not face voter disenfranchisement, do not live paycheck to paycheck, do not have a job that will fire you for 'other reasons' when you take off to vote, do not have an abusive spouse that will watch you fill in your mail in ballot if you vote, do not have to walk an hour away to the voting poll because you can't drive, do not have a permanent address for a mail in ballot, so on and so forth.

    Yes, there are lazy 'I'm not political' morons who are willfully ignorant and don't vote. But let's not pretend that everything about American infrastructure including car dependency, anti-homelessness laws, understaffed voting polls, centralized media and fake news, aren't all designed to make voting harder than it should be and disproportionately target minorities.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Getting a quality education or having parents who did is a privilege. No baby was born knowing how to vote. The vast majority of non-voters don't even know how to start, let alone how to take time off to vote or when their mail-in ballot window is. Many might not have the required IDs and need to jump through another hoop to vote.

    To non-voters, the voting process can be as daunting as getting your driver's license the first time, except they're doing it alone, juggling 3 jobs and raising kids. They simply don't have the time or mental energy to go through bureaucracy and mentally keeping every deadline and paperwork in their minds.

    Civic literacy is a privilege because the fact that you understand the importance of voting and know enough about the process to plan ahead of it means that you grew up in circumstances that allowed you to do so.

    Calling people lazy for not voting is like calling people assholes for not buying cage-free eggs. t's very easy to not give a shit about either when you're living paycheck to paycheck, and it's very easy to perceive complaints about this as virtue signalling.

    You're not getting anyone to vote by calling them lazy. Don't be angry. Be useful and be actionable. If you actually want more people to vote, understand the systemic barriers behind why so many don't vote, educate others on it, and make a difference.

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

    The election was completely fraudulent. Our country did NOT vote for this. Watching people rip each other apart over “how we voted” is painful because ALL OF IT IS FICTION.

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

    It seems like you're directing this at me, and I can say that ultimately before November 5th I would have nodded my head in agreement. For basically the last 20 years I've been more or less obsessively following politics. I've voted in every election, primaries, midterms, special elections, local elections, and general. I've canvassed and donated. I've perpetually kept my eye on the news and participated in a invite-only political debate sub-reddit back in my reddit days. I've advocated IRL at my own workplace, risking my job security.

    But now I'm verging on suicidally disinterested. After this result I want to disconnect so fucking badly. I want to check out and it feels like there is no escape. I don't even enjoy my "escapes" like video games, movies/TV, books as much as I used to. All of it feels like a grey sludge while a radioactive fire burns the world.

    And the problem is, even if things get sorted out, I will never want to care again. Even if the US fixes its major problems I will forever be disgusted with the majority of my fellow citizens and be ambivalent about most of their well being. I am permanently mentally isolated after this election. The rest of my life seems intrinsically and inescapably dimmer.

    Will I care anyway? Yes eventually and inevitably, I'll feel emotionally pulled to care. Its just how my brain works. And I will resent it. I resent it now.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    You were fanatically supportive of genocide, while heaping venom and hatred on the people who oppose it; I don't think anyone cares what you are 'disgusted' by. Your boos mean nothing, we've seen what makes you cheer.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    "May you live in interesting times" is not a blessing.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Yeah, and it doesn't matter if the politicians overseeing those times are "boring"

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (7 children)

    Biden was boring. It was a welcome reprieve from daily scandals and, at minimum, monthly constitutional crises. Now we're moving to weekly constitutional crises. Functional government is boring. It's mostly bureaucratic regulatory bookkeeping.

    It's certainly possible to not be boring in a positive way, for instance if a politician is loudly advocating for radical positive change. But statistically speaking, boring is less harmful than the alternative.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's also why Trump was so effective at getting votes.

    It's a lot harder to argue when you're following laws and being honest. You're at a severe disadvantage (same as Kamala)

    Trump doesn't care about the truth, he doesn't care about law, and because he KNOWS he can't pardon himself for state crimes (like tax fraud in New York), despite being president, he WILL likely go to prison after his term. There is NO incentive for him to do whats right, and everything he does at this point, is driven by keeping himself out of prison.

    For anyone else, civil war would be terrible. For Trump, starting a civil war means he can claim its "war time" and postpone elections. We've already seen how low he's planning to stoop to.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Biden spent a year committing genocide

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