▲ 682 ▼ Just vote to change things. (lemmy.ml) submitted 9 months ago by Twongo@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 304 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 94 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (73 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 73 child comments replies: [–] fishy@lemmy.today 34 points 9 months ago (5 children) Vote in the preliminaries, where you can select which bag of shit you'll get to vote for officially. You may even end up with a decent choice on election day off your area is dope like NYC or Seattle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Ugh. I agree with this. But I don't, at the same time. I'm of the opinion that people need to expire. There was a time where we could make the world a better place by working with people, but some just shouldn't exist. Some people just can't be reasoned with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* Both are correct we need a multilateral approach to win this. A peaceful movement is good but it’s a lot stronger if it’s backed by an adjacent movement that has some threat of force. A user above mentioned the civil rights movement with MLK being backed up by the Panthers. This was a great example because if you look at any successful revolution the approach was multilateral. The abolition movement was also multilateral permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies) [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago (61 children) You're right that voting is a tool; you're wrong about whose tool it is and what it's used for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 61 child comments replies: [+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (60 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 60 child comments replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (59 children) You are fundamentally confused such that you think there's any agency in voting in the first place. The only real impact it has is to completely short circuit and subsume all political activity away from any outside organizing that is, historically, literally the only thing that has ever worked to accomplish anything. My goal is this is a forum. Someone says something wrong and then you say the correct thing under them. That's what you do on forums. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 59 child comments load more comments (59 replies) [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Widespread violence and voting? That's the answer. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies)
[–] fishy@lemmy.today 34 points 9 months ago (5 children) Vote in the preliminaries, where you can select which bag of shit you'll get to vote for officially. You may even end up with a decent choice on election day off your area is dope like NYC or Seattle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Ugh. I agree with this. But I don't, at the same time. I'm of the opinion that people need to expire. There was a time where we could make the world a better place by working with people, but some just shouldn't exist. Some people just can't be reasoned with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* Both are correct we need a multilateral approach to win this. A peaceful movement is good but it’s a lot stronger if it’s backed by an adjacent movement that has some threat of force. A user above mentioned the civil rights movement with MLK being backed up by the Panthers. This was a great example because if you look at any successful revolution the approach was multilateral. The abolition movement was also multilateral permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies)
[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Ugh. I agree with this. But I don't, at the same time. I'm of the opinion that people need to expire. There was a time where we could make the world a better place by working with people, but some just shouldn't exist. Some people just can't be reasoned with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* Both are correct we need a multilateral approach to win this. A peaceful movement is good but it’s a lot stronger if it’s backed by an adjacent movement that has some threat of force. A user above mentioned the civil rights movement with MLK being backed up by the Panthers. This was a great example because if you look at any successful revolution the approach was multilateral. The abolition movement was also multilateral permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies)
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (3 children) Ugh. I agree with this. But I don't, at the same time. I'm of the opinion that people need to expire. There was a time where we could make the world a better place by working with people, but some just shouldn't exist. Some people just can't be reasoned with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* Both are correct we need a multilateral approach to win this. A peaceful movement is good but it’s a lot stronger if it’s backed by an adjacent movement that has some threat of force. A user above mentioned the civil rights movement with MLK being backed up by the Panthers. This was a great example because if you look at any successful revolution the approach was multilateral. The abolition movement was also multilateral permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* Both are correct we need a multilateral approach to win this. A peaceful movement is good but it’s a lot stronger if it’s backed by an adjacent movement that has some threat of force. A user above mentioned the civil rights movement with MLK being backed up by the Panthers. This was a great example because if you look at any successful revolution the approach was multilateral. The abolition movement was also multilateral permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago (61 children) You're right that voting is a tool; you're wrong about whose tool it is and what it's used for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 61 child comments replies: [+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (60 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 60 child comments replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (59 children) You are fundamentally confused such that you think there's any agency in voting in the first place. The only real impact it has is to completely short circuit and subsume all political activity away from any outside organizing that is, historically, literally the only thing that has ever worked to accomplish anything. My goal is this is a forum. Someone says something wrong and then you say the correct thing under them. That's what you do on forums. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 59 child comments load more comments (59 replies)
[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (60 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 60 child comments replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (59 children) You are fundamentally confused such that you think there's any agency in voting in the first place. The only real impact it has is to completely short circuit and subsume all political activity away from any outside organizing that is, historically, literally the only thing that has ever worked to accomplish anything. My goal is this is a forum. Someone says something wrong and then you say the correct thing under them. That's what you do on forums. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 59 child comments load more comments (59 replies)
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (59 children) You are fundamentally confused such that you think there's any agency in voting in the first place. The only real impact it has is to completely short circuit and subsume all political activity away from any outside organizing that is, historically, literally the only thing that has ever worked to accomplish anything. My goal is this is a forum. Someone says something wrong and then you say the correct thing under them. That's what you do on forums. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 59 child comments load more comments (59 replies)
[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago Widespread violence and voting? That's the answer. permalink fedilink source parent
