And how's the strategy of not voting to teach the dems a lesson working for people? At the end of the day elections decide who's in power and are the only realistic path to victory.

April 09, 2026 - 01:30 UTC

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You realize that the Patriot Act was extended by Dems, right? newrepublic.com/article/155793/hell-democrats-just-extend-patriot-act
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neither voting nor not voting are fruitful avenues of action against the current system, and do not meaningfully affect what policy gets enacted beyond the superficial. ultimately what you do with your presidential vote has about as much effect on politics as tossing a coin in a wishing well.
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You made that "strategy" up in your head to avoid reckoning with how badly the Democrats shat the bed in 2024.
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Left wingers vote a lot. They vote so consistently that Democrats take their votes for granted and consider depressed turnout on the left to be a personal betrayal rather than a strategic problem.
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Suppose a candidate runs on restricting abortion, and then pro-choice voters don't want to vote for that. Which side deserves the blame for those lost votes?
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Damn, that's an effective question
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Sounds like those people needed to put in some work during the primaries rather than passively waiting for the perfect candidate. But I imagine that's too much work for many, yet they'll think a revolution somehow easier
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I have voted in every election, caucus, and primary I've ever been eligible for and so has every socialist I know. You blame the problems of the country on an enemy that does not exist.
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I don't think the liberals can fully appreciate how often people with actual progressive values are made to compromise their morals and vote for warmongers and Wall Street cronies. Then feel like a huge dope afterwards when they blow their own election, or capitulate to fascists every time.
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you already failed at preventing fascism when you ran on a fascist platform. that's when the real work begun, you weren't invited.
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here's another one...

dork, who the fuck do you think the stay-at-homers would've voted for if you dragged them out

the data from Pew is out there if you're done jawing on your shit sandwich

money decides who you are allowed to vote for in national politics

someone needs to slap your smug face
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Ahh, the old chestnut of the left being so important so as to singlehandedly decide elections, but also too irrelevant to court with policy
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as always, we must be seen as simultaneously strong and weak
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