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77 Groups Worldwide Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in U.S. Court
(theintercept.com)
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Voting does work.
Your should do it more, and harder (by registering others).
I'm also curious how you created this account 3 months ago, only to finally make a comment, and this was it.
I got my account a while ago but only started using it recently, and this happened to be the first thing I've felt strongly enough to comment about. What are you insinuating? What's so curious about it?
My point is that I do vote, I have campaigned, I have canvassed, I have phone banked, I have fundraised. Did it for Obama when I was 18, and the so-called "change" never came. I did it for Bernie, even phone banked from overseas, and we all know what happened there. I even tried tackling corporate irresponsibility head on by working for Greenpeace, fundraised and raised awareness, attended protests, helped people send letters to their reps, the whole nine yards. Took all this for me to realize the problems go beyond the purely symbolic particapatory act of "voting", a piece of paper in a ballot box is simply not enough. Our democracy is going to have to be fought for, that's what i'm insinuating, if that's sates any of your curiosity.
So in your world voting, canvassing, phone banking, volunteering, and protesting do not work.
Your suggestion: violence.
Good luck with that, I'm going to vote.
Why is violence the only other option? Your words, not mine. We could picket and protest outside their homes and gated communities, we could strike, we could organize a boycott. Or is the reason you suggest violence, because deep down, you realize that's what it might take?