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196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I've been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can't believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C'mon guys

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[-] cobra89@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

Thank you. So tired of people who never vote in primaries complaining about how the candidates are bad.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Sucky candidates are not merely the product of failing to vote in the primaries. Both parties have systems that favor money and endorsement by legacy establishment figures over popularity, and additional policies are added when a popular antiestablishment candidate slips into office (like Occasio-Cortez).

It's telling in 2020 the DNC elected the most right-wing, establishment candidate that wasn't a far right Billionaire when we had numerous more moderate options.

The US is in the iron grip of boomer conservatives clinging to power as demonstrated by multiple officials succumbing to age and dementia. The people really don't have much say.