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Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

I've never voted for a Republican OR Democrat that I didn't know personally in my entire life. Why do I add that qualifier? Because I did know some older small town politicians, in both US parties, back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when my grandfather was still alive, and they were his friends.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    So you just don't vote for most offices then?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    No. Voting for the lesser of two evil is still voting for evil. I'll write someone in before I vote for some party functionary that only cares about their own political power.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So functionally, you abstain from voting and dont express a preference about how you are goverened.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Given that I havent expressed a preference and have never voted either Democrat or Republican in a single election (owing to not being American) I believe you may be inventing things about me.

    And what I said stands, you functionally dont express a preference and what you do is equivalent to staying in bed and not turning out to vote.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    As you said. You aren't American, so you don't have any right to interject yourself into our voting system. And for the record, our 2 party system is absolutely nothing like most other nations that have multiple strong parties.

    You cannot break the stranglehold of the 2 party system by continuing to vote for those two parties.

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