• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    As a European I always felt the US doesn’t have enough choices on their ballots. However, now is not the time to change it. First, the US democracy must be defended. Only after that it can be optimized.

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      8 months ago

      However, now is not the time to change it. First, the US democracy must be defended.

      You’re not wrong, but that’s only become more and more true in every election since I started voting. Of course it’s the Republicans’ fault for going off the fascist deep end, but I’m also starting to think the neoliberal Democrats like it that way because it gives them an excuse to demand fealty from progressives while giving fuck-all concessions in return. When does it end?

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        8 months ago

        The time is in down ballot elections and primaries… unfortunately this year we effectively didn’t have primaries.

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          8 months ago

          Sure Edit: lol did we have a primary 4 years ago when biden dropped into the race at the end and all the moderate candidates coalesed around biden? Or what about 4 years before that when debbie and the dnc handed the ball to hilary? Shucks maybe next time haha

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      8 months ago

      Honestly, stfu. “Nows not the time to change it” has been an excuse for far too many elections now. If we don’t start changing it now we never will. Pacifism and apathy is just as bad. It will never be a great time for change because by it’s very nature, change is hard. If it were easy, we’d be doing it already.

      The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago. The next best time is today.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Bush became president after losing the popular vote and then started a war that killed over a million people.

      What fucking democracy?