• BakerBagel@midwest.social
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        10 months ago

        No it’s not. People won’t participate in a system they feel only exists to harm them. If i am at a bar and one bartender says they are gonna kill me if i dont tip 50% and the other bar tender says that they’ll only rough me up a bit if i I don’t tip 30%, not getting a drink from either.

        People would rather not participate instead of legitimize a system that only does them harm.

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          10 months ago

          OK but the first guy is still going to kill you

          I’m really hoping that this wasn’t the reasoning people had for throwing the planet under the bus

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            10 months ago

            People have been screaming at you for 8 years that “Not Trump” is not a viable election strategy. You need to offer an actual, concrete alternative. Until the Democrats start actually offer real alternatives, they will continue to be shocked these results.

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              10 months ago

              I don’t need to offer anything. I’m from a country with a parliament, ranked choice voting, proportional representation. But if you still don’t get that not Trump should absolutely be better than “whatever, I guess”, you deserve what’s coming.