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There's always money in the banana stand (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 49 points 6 months ago (12 children)

It's people who are to blame.

Instead of voting for people who profit from war, they should vote for people who profit from the universal healthcare, childcare, absence of poverty.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    To be fair to the people, it's not as if the big elections are a buffet of selection. Having to choose between light and dark meat doesn't help me if I want a salad.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What if one of the meats is doing a sig heil and stealing from kids cancer funds?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I mean yes, it should be cut and dry given the current dynamic. Picking between two options when one is crawling with maggots is a pretty easy choice but that wasn't really my point.

    Unfortunately my point matters less than I wish it did. Loads of people don't bother voting anyway, many that do vote are ill informed to some extent, and enough show up thinking they'll get big and strong by eating maggots.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago*

    The system is rigged that the only way to run in politics is to get multiple MILLIONS in donorship

    And that's just not possible except for if you do dodgy deals or are already a millionaire.

    This ends up making the choices;

    • someone who's in the back pocket of oligarchy and corporate

    Or

    • someone who's in the back pocket of oligarchy and corporate
    • and also a millionaire
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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Liberals upvoting you and agreeing furiously because they voted for "most lethal military" Kamala cop city Harris will downvote this comment without reflecting on the irony.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Meanwhile, MAGA voters are agreeing as well because they voted for "definitely won't do a war, trust me" Donald cranky old fart Trump will upvote, though, also without reflecting on the irony.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I'm surprised it was upvoted TBH. Basically it was an irony highlighting the fact that the general population's well-being is not profitable and therefore is not possible within the current system. As Grigory Yudin put it, Democracy is not elections.

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