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agamemnonymous

@ agamemnonymous @sh.itjust.works

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  • Evil Ultra trying to split the vote 😠

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  • What was bipartisan about it? It's actually a perfect example of my point.

  • Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates?

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  • Did you not read what I wrote? It doesn't matter what "time" it is if you don't have the necessary tools.

  • Evil Ultra trying to split the vote 😠

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  • Prefacing a statement deserving of valid criticism with an assertion that critics are bad does not make the criticism invalid.

  • Evil Ultra trying to split the vote 😠

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  • And genocide marches on, entirely unaffected by your lack of support. Good thing there weren't any other policies "blue maga" differed on, right?

  • It's my dream

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  • The real life adventure was navigating schedule conflicts all along

  • Fat labrador topology

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  • All it takes is for them to shut your mouth.

  • Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates?

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  • Successful strikes require a strike fund, money to pay bills while hourly workers are not working hours. Americans largely live paycheck to paycheck, with little to no savings. Without funds, strikes end prematurely due to the threat of starvation and eviction.

  • Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates?

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  • If Democrats would stop voting for what they thought was the lesser evil things wouldn't keep getting worse

    If you could get every Democratic voter to collectively agree to that, yeah, sure.

    Do you have an actionable plan to get 80 million voters to suddenly vote differently? Because if not, that's kind of a useless hypothetical.

  • Extremely Normal

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  • I disagree. I don't think it really sucks any energy out of anything else at all, it's one or two hours every couple years. And I don't think the handful of people who would otherwise not vote would shift the perception of normal people.

    Not do I think strategic voting morally ties you to anything. It's a harm reduction action. You didn't have to get distracted by the circus, and nothing stops you from taking actions outside voting.

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  • Sure, every grain of rice helps. If polling indicates that they are the only two parties with a chance of winning, voting for anyone else serves no purpose.

    Obviously this would highlight the need to take actions outside voting, but what's the point of wasting a vote doing nothing, even if all you get is a single grain of rice?

  • Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power Grab

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  • Can we stop with this? This is a ridiculous fantasy that just makes you look immature.

    It's too boring for American audiences. Now, woodchippers on the other hand...

  • Oh nooooo

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  • That would be nice, but I can't remember the last time that happened.

  • Class Participation

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  • I'm not. Scientism, in this meaning, it's basically the opposite of science. It stifles proper scientific reasoning. Pretending it isn't a problem is itself a problem.

  • Class Participation

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  • They didn't say science, they said scientism. As a term it's been used a few ways, but in this context it's referring to a sort of cargo cult erected around "science". It's not about testing theories and hypotheses, it's a dogmatic acceptance of some extant collection of scientific theories as fact, even beyond their experimental context or in light of conflicting evidence. Among other things.

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  • They actually expend substantial effort and sums of money to find this out

    And yet here we are, so clearly they're either drawing the wrong conclusions or they just don't care. Either way, it's not an effective strategy.

    voting for them anyway if they do something absolutely abhorrent and beyond any kind of humanity tells them they can get away with anything and is just a race to the bottom.

    Elections don't care about nominal votes, they only care about margins. Candidates don't get any extra powers if they win by 1 vote or 1 million. The race is taking place with or without you. You can help the ones moving slower, or resign yourself and your neighbors to the ones moving faster. But protest voting doesn't stop the race.

    Write your representatives, protest, build dual power, organize your community, engage in direct action, run for local office; these are all productive strategies. Vote for ideal candidates in primaries. But in the actual election, vote strategically against the most abhorrent and least humane candidate, or you're liable to get them.

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  • If you want anything to change, you need to take effective actions. The consequence politicians face by taking ineffective actions is maybe not winning their race. The consequence our neighbors face by taking ineffective actions is the erosion of their civil rights.

    If you actually want to pressure politicians, you do it by contacting them directly to inform them of their failings, they're not just going to magically know why you didn't vote or vote third party.

    Protest voting doesn't apply the pressure you think it does.

  • Is it just me, or do “hehe”, “hehehe”, and “hehehehe” mean different things?

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  • Hehe: innocent little chuckle

    Hehehe: mischief

    Hehehehe: devious plotting

  • Extremely Normal

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  • Then get out there and organize. It takes you.

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  • And yet we are the ones to suffer the consequences. Who cares who's "responsible"? What matters is who is affected.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    We need a tag like /s but for non-rhetorical questions

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Decent 3d scanners under $1000

  • Ask Lemmy @sh.itjust.works
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    Have you ever actually had an "and then everyone clapped" moment?

  • Unpopular Opinion @lemmy.world
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    I actually kinda like when curse words are censored

  • Home Improvement @lemmy.world
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    Making the most of a totally dead cabinet corner?

  • Buy it for Life @slrpnk.net
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    Request

    Induction range in the $1,500 ballpark without a bunch of nonsense

  • Out of Context Comics @lemmy.world
    agamemnonymous @sh.itjust.works

    Not sure if this breaks rule #3

  • DIY @slrpnk.net
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    Breezeway Greenhouse Help?

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    This moon decoration my wife got