I mean... fucks sake, I get it, I really do. But when was the last time a protest vote/not vote worked out well for the country as a whole? "Lesser of two evils" is a real thing. Hate on Gore, or Clinton, or Harris all you want, but one look at the Supreme Court should cause a little self reflection - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social • 16 days ago

I mean... fucks sake, I get it, I really do. But when was the last time a protest vote/not vote worked out well for the country as a whole? "Lesser of two evils" is a real thing. Hate on Gore, or Clinton, or Harris all you want, but one look at the Supreme Court should cause a little self reflection

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schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social•16 days ago

I fucking hate this two party system that makes such compromises an existential necessity. It holds back progress, and stifles dissent. It's a chain around the necks of leftist legislators. But it's the system we have, and we can only change it if we have at least *some* power

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•16 days ago

People who want better candidates to vote for can do stuff like show up to the primary elections and do activism work toward enacting a voting system that isn’t hostile to third parties. Like ranked-choice, which has been getting at least some traction in a few states already.

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•16 days ago

But sitting on your ass whining about how you hate both the options and you’re not gonna vote for the lesser evil bc that’s still voting for evil just gets us all saddled with the greater fucking evil.

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•16 days ago

*general you.

schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social•12 days ago

Absolutely no lies detected

schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social•12 days ago

vote. in. every. election.

yes, absolutely.

fucking hope it's still gonna matter. I feel like the system's been rigged enough now to guarantee the Dems are a permanent minority party.

lizamazel.bsky.social•12 days ago

we'll fucking well see

schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social•12 days ago

yeah, soon enough that question's gonna get an answer

lizamazel.bsky.social•12 days ago

Special elections have gone rather swimmingly.

schrodingerscatnip.bsky.social•16 days ago

change the system from *within* the system anyway. If there's no system left, well, all bets are off

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•16 days ago

And the reason to change the system from within the system, rather than tearing it down without a replacement system ready to launch in its place, is that we care about the marginalized people who would be most harmed by the collapse of systems they rely on to live.

redshiftsinger.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yeah, that’s the slower option but it’s also the one that probably the most of my friends can survive.

Collapse fucks everything up, we need to account for shit like “how does Kevin, who is poor & has diabetes, get his insulin if the supply chain crumbles and no one is sending out Medicaid money”