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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Liberals and moderates by not materially compromising with leftists and progressives

They are way more likely to do so than Republicans that's for sure

All you have to do is look at voting records to see that

All you have to do is see the break down for who voted for the Respect for Marriage Act for an easy example

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And by not voting you're ensuring that positive change will have a much harder time occuring.

Local elections are very important and pushing for more progressive local candidates can help to influence policies on the national stage. And if there's no candidates you like in your locality you can try to run yourself.

There's more elections than just the election for president.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

There's no such thing as the perfect candidate so voting for the person you hate the least is the best option for preventing the person you hate the most from winning.

I'm not a fan of Biden but he's way fucking better than trump and his fellow Republicans.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

Don't make the mistake of believing that just because you haven't seen something that it doesn't exist.

We all exist in media bubbles and in those bubbles we miss a lot. By seeing this meme you could say that your media bubble has finally bumped into the bubble where people openly talk about not voting.

Hell there's comments in this comment section on the note of not voting.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Local elections are also very important and really need participation. Like if you wanted that fee for mail-in voting to go away that would likely be a decision made by local politicians.

And without voting there's no hope for change for the better

Congratulations on ensuring our system has a harder time improving

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (9 children)

It's an incredibly stupid movement where people are saying that they won't vote as a protest to not liking either candidate.

Usually said by people who have little to lose if Republicans win, seem to think revolution is a viable possibility if Republicans win, and/or think that by not voting something good might happen.

Also people who don't understand that our system is a First-Past-the-Post system and the only group of people who are trying to get support for not voting in this election are people on the left.

So I'm not as many words: people trying to guarantee a victory for trump.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

just overthrow the government

That's far easier said than done, and honestly even saying that feels like an understatement

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Sunset in Manzanita [OC] (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I went on a hike on the Oregon coast with a good friend of mine this last weekend. Afterwards we went to a small town nearby, had some great pizza, then watched the sunset together.

10/10 Would do again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Different strokes for different folks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not even sure what that means

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

I assemble 1 and keep the box

2 night stands for the price of 1