• Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        This is the result of a broken system. If every election comes down to either the status quo or blatant corruption the system has already failed.

        Inevitably corruption will win at least once.

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          I’m guessing you still think the silence of your abstention will “make your voice heard,” even after witnessing all the damage it caused in 2016?

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              Please explain how a minority of abstainers will positively influence candidates.

              I can easily explain how the exact opposite occurs in one sentence.

              Conventions receive detailed reports on active registered voters and tailor their next candidate to capture more of that audience.

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              Oh there’s many. Why, you wanna run right to the genocide joe thing huh. Like oooooh ask me why we’re so apathetic ask it ask it

              “You folks” are like that

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      It’s sad that I’ve just resigned myself to say “this is our world now”.

      But hey, at least we can now get abortions for medical emergencies in Idaho.