Keep watching to the end for what you can do about it.

  • mommykink@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I don’t want a second Biden term. I won’t vote for a second Biden term. Simple as that. That’s, literally, exactly how democracies are meant to function.

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      5 months ago

      Forget about Biden, it’s about which direction the country will go. One of the two dominant parties will win, either repub or dem–it’s that simple.

      Do what ever you want, but I’ll be voting for the party that doesn’t want to kill my friends and I just hope there’s enough other people who give a single shit about other people’s lives instead of pretending this is some kind of popularity contest game show.

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      Nobody but Biden wants him for a second term. But as others have mentioned, not voting isn’t helpful.

      Democracy is literally meant to function when people make their voices heard. If you’re not exercising your right to vote (the thing that people in the US fought for) then you are accountable for the consequences of your decision being made for you.

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      I live in a democracy. Voting is compulsory. Some people will take the monetary fine and abstain, but for many it encourages them to at the very least become informed about the policies of each party on the big ticket issues. It’s not perfect but it means everybody has a say.

      Your democracy allows one party to use the strategy of “erode confidence in the very political system we are a part of” to convince people that not taking part in their freedom is a smart choice.