• balderdash@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    At this point I vote just to say that I did. I don’t expect voting is the way that America is going to fix its problems. We’re voting in a two-party system where both sides do everything in their power to maintain the status quo. We simply do not have a seat at the table.

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      4 months ago

      There are some options:

      • grassroots voter advocacy, à la Stacey Adams
      • grow and build a viable third party by joining with Democrats during electoral college cycles (or, stay at the state level until big enough)
      • work with Democrats to propose, write, enact, and defend progressive policies that are wanted
      • skip the politics and go into media

      Those are the only other non-violent, legal things I can think of atm to change it. Obviously I think the third is most viable, but mostly that’s from watching the others not work yet. New media continues to change structures though.