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We'll have a long memory as things get worse for working class Americans, minorities and women
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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2024
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Absolutely change the system. It's been a problem for a long time. However the current system is what we have for this election, so unless you know a magic way to use a different voting system for this election and not FPTP then there really are only two choices. If they both suck to you, then pick the one that has potential for change from public pressure, and by all means vote in more progressive choices if possible for the lower representation because that's where the real change can happen.
It would be great if the anti-FPTP rallying would last past the election. People seem to get so overwhelmed by the voting propaganda that once they cast their vote they want to forget about it for four years, and that's why we keep having these same discussions every time when it's too late to fix the problem.
call me when you do that. hurry though, unless you do it in less than a month we're back at outcome 1 vs outcome 2 and literally nothing else.
Or you can advocate and prop up neither outcome "1" or "2" and work towards "3" while keeping in mind both history and the unity of actions and goals.
work fast. if you can't do it in less than a month, you're contributing to one of the two.
How do you decide which one of the two I'm contributing too?
I don't decide it; it's well documented. There's a reason it's always the republican party that works so hard to suppress votes as much as possible: The lower the turnout, the better it is for the republican party. therefore any vote that isn't cast is effectively a vote for the republicans. and thanks to the two party fptp, a vote for a third party is essentially a vote that isn't cast.
OK, so more bullshit then. Keep trying to suppress 3rd parties because of fear of your tribe losing and I'll keep exercising my right to vote however the fuck I want to.
OK now I'm convinced you're bullshitting because there's no way you actually believe there's a snowball's chance in hell a 3rd part candidate could win.
that was a good chuckle though. yeah I'm suppressing 3rd parties. jesus