FlakesBongler comments on How it feels voting in any liberal democracy

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 33 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

And it's always

"We're not voting to fix things this time, we're voting to keep things from getting worse!"

And i'm just like :pain:

[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 29 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Honestly lately it's been "voting to make things worse, but at a slower rate" yes-honey-left

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 26 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

And the best part is that I have done everything you're supposed to do!

I vote in primaries, I help canvas for local politicians i like, I am even on several of my town's political committees

Nothing has gotten better because the system is fucked and I am so tired of pretending it isn't

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 25 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

It's not though. It's working exactly as designed.

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 12 points 9 hours ago

I meant fucked as in awful and deleterious as opposed to fucked up, aka broken

Curse my trenchant fingers

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago

Feeling the same lately. The last bit of the electoralism lib in me was holding onto was at the local level. Even that is just blegh.

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