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  • Evil Ultra trying to split the vote 😠

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  • There are some on some ballots, but you cannot fill out a ballot anywhere in America without casting a vote for a person who supports genocide. You can choose not to vote, but that's not participating in the process.

    To someone who isn't American, I can understand how alarming and unfathomable this might seem, but I am telling you the truth. What you see on TV and social media is not representative of what most Americans experience at the ballot box.

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  • So you haven't voted in a recent election? Or you just can't remember their names?

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  • There is not always a progressive candidate.

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  • No, I remember, and I'm fighting to remove evil from the next ballot. But I also know I'm not going to be successful, and I'm not naive enough to think that I can fix everything by myself. You can be mad about the choices and still choose.

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  • Who did you vote for in the last election? Do you honestly believe you never voted for a candidate that has supported genocide?

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  • You're telling me you've never voted for a candidate that supports the current Israeli genocide? Are you not an American?

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  • I would have thought you were right, but we're eyebrow deep in this shit. The human capacity for ignoring a problem in favor of remaining comfortable has shaken my faith in humanity. I hope you're right.

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  • Absolutely this is a critical point. If you want better candidates, create them. Forge them and support them. Attend townhalls and demand answers from candidates. That's the time to shape the race. Once you enter the voting booth, it's far too late to try to fix everything with one choice.

    I like the quote from Gandhi, "Whatever you do in life will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it..." I think that applies to voting. One vote may be insignificant, or it may be everything. You won't know, and you may never know for sure. But if you don't vote, it is definitely nothing.

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  • Politics is a spectrum, and theoretically there is a candidate even for you that would still support genocide and also be progressive enough to earn your vote.

    Edit: Yes, downvote me, but tell me who you voted for in the most recent election at any level, and I'll point to the genocide they supported.

    Edit 2: Lot of people telling me progressive candidates are on every ballot, but nobody has yet to name a single candidate. One person mentioned a party that fielded three total candidates nationwide in all races in the 2024 election, one of whom was a Presidential candidate that could not mathematically win because she wasn't on enough ballots. Most Americans were unable to find her name on their ballot, and the overwhelming majority of Americans did not have any PSL representation on their ballots at any level.

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  • With our current voting system, you really don't, and the third option is rarely a significant upgrade. Ironically, third party candidates have a better chance during midterms because of low voter turnout, especially in local elections. The focus on this particular midterm means it is even harder for downballot third party or independent candidates, because the rank and file are going to show up to the polls.

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  • As a lifelong progressive who has voted in every election in the past 26 years, no there are not always actual progressives on the ballot. But your point that we should support them when there is one progressive, even when they cannot hope to win, is also fallacious. Sometimes they could win with our support, and sometimes they could not. Vote accordingly.

  • Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

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  • We're already engaged in the mass incarceration and extrajudicial murder of immigrants and dissenters. People seem reluctant to rebel.

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  • Not voting for any candidate because none of them are progressive enough perpetuates the same system. How are you helping by not voting for the lesser evil?

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

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  • Ironically, if he is successful, it would be a national emergency.

  • Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses

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  • The cruelty is the point.

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  • I mean, the DNC supports genocide. Trump is worse, which is really a testament to how phenomally bad he is for just about everyone on the planet. I want progressive democrats on the ballot, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm still going to vote, and I'm going to vote for the least bad option.

  • Four laws to help end fascism.

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  • We have a shit load of laws designed to prevent fascism. They aren't preventing fascism.

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    that's weird

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  • Even buildings built for the homeowner suck, because building codes suck and construction materials suck. It's very hard, and very expensive, to build a nice home of any size. And even if you spend the money, you'll never get it back because the market doesn't value quality.

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  • Yes, and it's also unfettered capitalism. Developers buy land cheap, build homes cheap, and sell them for a profit. That's usually not in the best interests of the homeowners or the community. In many other countries, homeowners buy land, choose a builder, buy materials, and contribute to their local area. It's a system that costs slightly more upfront, but most of the value stays where it should, with the homeowners and the laborers. There's no mass-produced garbage or corporate veils to syphon and protect profits far away from the community.