• superfes@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    This would almost make sense if they literally didn’t vote for more genocide, possibly with even bigger help.

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                2 hours ago

                Okay let me word this in a way you can’t misinterpret. Explain to me why not voting AT ALL was/is in any way preventing Trump from being elected, even if someone else did win. The logic would be such that if youre not voting you do not care who wins, and not caring who wins, would thereby mean you do not care if Trump wins.

                • TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                  2 hours ago

                  Some people have different priorities.

                  Participating in the electoral process reinforces existing power structures. To instead challenge them, some advocate for direct action and grassroots organizing as more effective means of enacting social change. Some would rather build alternative systems and communities outside traditional political frameworks, because liberation comes from collective action rather than reliance on electoral representatives.

                  While I don’t like legitimizing electoralism, and I would rather the billions spent on it go towards real tangible needs, I don’t abstain, I do vote. So I can’t fully defend this position.

                  Plenty of people who didn’t vote probably honestly don’t care, but that doesn’t mean they actively want Trump. That’s just silly to suggest

                  Some people are just apathetic about it, and a lot of those people likely feel that way because there’s no mainstream candidate that actually seems to care about their needs.

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        19 hours ago

        Absolutely. Because that’s exactly what happened. Don’t worry, I’m sure Trump is gonna stop all that genocide! Any day now…