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American workers are tired of waiting.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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Going back to your earlier points, you already admitted it doesn't. Just gives the appearance of it. The GOP removing voting abilities from minorities is just to help get them to believe like in the olden days they're superior. Just like having segregated areas it's just to show appearance of power.
GOP doesn't care how bad it makes them look as it may give them more support from their extremely racist base
And the support from the base is directly tied to the votes they need to get into power.
I didn't admit voting was useless, the point of those is that voting has power, and you have to choose carefully how you use that power. Are you going to have the sword directly to your enemies, let them take it, or use it against them?
If you're tired of fighting at least don't try to have other people give up the good fight.
Please enlighten me on who is actually fighting?
Again you've said only the dems are worth voting for. Voting for anyone else is a waste yet dems are happy to leave things as they are
Would you rather vote for someone who leaves things as they are, or someone who actively wants to make things worse and kill minorities?
Sorry that "leaves things alone" isn't good enough for you and you'll throw all the trans kids under the bus, but personally I don't want Republicans in power so I'll do what it takes to keep them out of power, even if that means I have to vote for a spineless Democrat
Again that's what Kamala Harris campaigned on in 2024.
And we've come full circle on the memes point. DNC stays in power by saying we'll totally do something this time but do nothing. Including refusing to undo what republicans implemented.
We're going around in circles at this point, so tell me what your alternative is, with the situation we are in
Well then if it's pointless may as well make it a little harder and annoying for Republicans
Which is the opposite of what in the majority of democrats in office want to do.
Hell this month Obama was even saying the republicans need to be strong.
If only there was a way to pick which Democrat you'd like... Like with a primary vote or something...
https://lemmy.world/post/46484764
Yeah I'd love it if we could get extremely leftist primary candidates on the ballot so people could vote for them. I'm not sure what the problem is, we haven't even been having this cyclical argument you're presenting.
We've had everything but they're not real Democrats
If that's what you think then you haven't even read what I've been saying and arguing against a made up person.
We have the dems need to move left but won't, we'll vote 3rd party then, can't do that it's worse (right said a waste not split the vote, we need to change it from the inside.
I know you haven't been reading though my replies but we've been going through the loop of the dems are the only option possible
I have read your replies. Your replies don't seem to get what I'm saying though, so I keep responding.
Dems are the only option. That is the situation as it is now. There are things which we should do and need to change, but that's not here, nor now. So yes, we have to, begrudgingly, vote for Democrats.
Saying that there's things we should do and are going to do and changes that need to happen are cheap words, and saying you shouldn't vote at all because of the shitty situation or things need to be done is purposefully taking away power from the people.
Voting even helps Democrats move to the left. Voting got Mamdani elected. That's one more Democrat that's more left. His success and popularity will sway more people to run and put out more leftist policies. Those people only get into power by voting, in primaries and I'm big elections. That can only happen if ya vote.