• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I am one of the <1% that vote Green.

    My only agenda is shouting into the void because I am effectively powerless.

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        7 months ago

        No reason to hide it.

        The shameful thing is being a proud Democrat or Republican after the last 40 years of regression for the American people.

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          7 months ago

          The shameful part is people like you help usher in fascism so you can feel superior

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                7 months ago

                That is a falsehood.

                You all deprive yourselves of our votes by failing to follow through on your promises, along with those of the half of this country that can’t afford to miss a desperately needed day’s pay in order to vote for someone they know is only going to ignore them once elected.

                Your party is the problem. You don’t get to beat people down and then pretend you’re the aggrieved party because they didn’t stand up with blood pouring down their faces and ask for more.

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                  7 months ago

                  Yeah it’s a falsehood unless you look at what the options are and have some ideas of what the future holds, which we do

                  What you’re doing is entirely self-interested jerking, only useful to feel (falsely af) superior

                  I gotta say your username makes a lot of sense in this context. No concern for working together with others

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                    7 months ago

                    Thank you for your opinion.

                    Good luck with the election. Your entitlement to the votes of Greens without doing anything to earn them is definitely a bold strategy.

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            The concentration camp was never the normal condition for the average gentile German. Unless one were Jewish, or poor and unemployed, or of active leftist persuasion or otherwise openly anti-Nazi, Germany from 1933 until well into the war was not a nightmarish place. All the “good Germans” had to do was obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, avoid any sign of political heterodoxy, and look the other way when unions were busted and troublesome people disappeared.

            Since many “middle Americans” already obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, are themselves distrustful of political heterodoxy, and applaud when unions are broken and troublesome people are disposed of, they probably could live without too much personal torment in a fascist state — some of them certainly seem eager to do so.

            - Michael Parenti. (1996). Fascism in a Pinstriped Suit

            Many people have been living under fascism in the United States for decades, suffering under explicitly racist police and judiciary systems, fighting against explicitly fascist foreign policy, and trying to wake people up to the explicitly fascist rhetoric of both democrats and republicans.

            First they came for the Communists,
            and I didn’t speak up,
            because I wasn’t a Communist.
            Then they came for the Jews,
            and I didn’t speak up,
            because I wasn’t a Jew.
            Then they came for the Catholics,
            and I didn’t speak up,
            because I was a Protestant.
            Then they came for me,<— you are here
            and by that time there was no one
            left to speak up for me.

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            7 months ago

            “everything I don’t like is fascism”

            Almost every presidential election I write in a name because neither two major candidates deserve my vote. Glad I get to help “usher in fascism”.

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          Please keep voting.

          Would I recommend you vote differently than you say? Maybe, but so what. Just please vote, and encourage others to vote.

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      7 months ago

      You are not powerless, but on Lemmy you may feel like your opinion doesn’t matter due to the overwhelming liberal population.

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        How is lemmy overwhelmingly liberal? I’d say there are more leftists then liberals here

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            LOL

            It’s not a bad thing to be a Green Party supporter. Do you not support democracy?

            Oh wait, we’re talking about Democrats here. They only pay lip service to Democracy for their party alone.

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              Green Party is good politically, but they’ll never win unfortunately. So by voting Green Party you are only wasting your vote.