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[–] Juice@midwest.social 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (18 children)

I'll vote if you do more than just vote.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

You have no right to hold this over people's heads, and even implying a tit for tat arrangement is suggesting that anyone who doesn't "do more than just vote" isn't doing their part. Some of us have demanding jobs, kids, family that requires care, or other demands that do not allow time for political activity beyond voting which has already been made extremely difficult in some areas.

In short: get fucked. Go vote. Don't try to create some kind of one-upsmanship game that predicates your civic responsibility on someone else's volunteered time.

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Get hooked up with Election Science to switch your elections to approval. Pick-all-you-like voting really helps make people feel like they actually got to voice their opinion at the ballot box.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Nice of you to assume people who vote don't do anything else to improve things.

How will you look back on whatever you're doing right now if you, and people like you, don't vote and lead to Trump winning? All that work for nothing because you refused to do the one thing that could help everything else you're trying to do.

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[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, actually, everyone urging for pragmatism at the polls should be willing to take steps other than just voting.

What do you suggest? I'm for this. What are good steps? I want to get from where we are to a voting system that allows me to choose a different candidate without wasting my ballot.

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