Most major #media and #socialMedia in the #USA is now right wing controlled
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@benroyce Right. And beforehand, there were all matter of doomsday prophets giving us horror scenarios about how Orbán would somehow pull a rabbit out of thin air and make sure he'd remain in power. This only made the people of Hungary more eager to end him and his corrupt nepotism. They BELIEVED it could be done and DID IT.
The same doomsday prophecies are heard about the US midterms, not rarely from the same sources that gave us the Genocide Joe narrative.
Pay them no heed! BELIEVE in change!Yes, believe in change, vote, and stay strong, get connected, get positive energy and courage, and don't get distracted if the other person wins, just continue the fight until all those assholes, grabbing, sickening are gone. And end the possibility that people can be so rich that they can buy elections and manipulate the masses.
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@benroyce @Eetschrijver ""trump will cheat so what's the point of voting in the midterms"" Well if you do not vote, he will not need to cheat will he? If you vote and he cheats then there can be repercussions OK
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"you can't #vote out #fascism"
they just did in #hungary you pathetic right wing lying troll cosplaying left and working a helplessness psyop... or, worse, you genuinely are exactly such a spineless mindlessly cynical loser and just an immature entitled whiny lump, not a real leftist
" #trump will cheat so what's the point of voting in the #midterms"
say that again, you lying piece of shit
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they're all over social media, including the fediverse
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as long as we sever these immature impotent losers: "but this one issue {x} i want it NOW or i don't vote"
you improve the world with sustained, iterative effort
anyone sitting there going "not perfect so no vote!" is a fuckwit or outright right wing troll cosplaying left to help MAGA
it's about *how* we improve our world, a plan, and work
not making idealistic demands as a lying excuse to do nothing but detach
such a person is not a leftist, just an entitled piece of shit
@benroyce
We should note that Péter Magyar is far from a Mr. Perfect. For one, he's a staunch conservative who embraces several of Orbán's ideas and program points. However, he's not corrupt, he's not pro-Russian, he's not an autocrat. The Hungarian people know you don't get from hell to heaven in a day and that the first step in getting away from hell is to vote AGAINST hell and FOR whoever is NOT hell. That's precisely what they did, and what America DIDN'T do in November 2024.
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@Sassinake @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
if you want repercussions, you will vote to get them
if you think "but it won't matter, he'll cheat" you're lying and falling for mindless cynicism
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they're all over social media, including the fediverse
I am glad I don't always see them. They are so ubiquitous that I don't want to always get worked up about them. I have to think of my heart and blood pressure
I mean: I have pettable cats, but. -
I am glad I don't always see them. They are so ubiquitous that I don't want to always get worked up about them. I have to think of my heart and blood pressure
I mean: I have pettable cats, but. -
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Most major #media and #socialMedia in the #USA is now right wing controlled
The #techbro angle is well understood, but traditional media, that used to be more balanced, being capitalist entities that were dying, plutocrats merely purchased them and put their goons on the managing editor desks
Watch this video of #Magyar going on #Hungary's version of #FoxNews (their state media) and announcing he is shutting them down
Now dream of that in the #US
To get there, you fucking #vote, idiots
@benroyce This is objectively AWESOME.
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@Sassinake @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
if you want repercussions, you will vote to get them
if you think "but it won't matter, he'll cheat" you're lying and falling for mindless cynicism
@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
I think a #GeneralStrike will have a much bigger impact.
But to have a successful strike, you have to have #ClassSolidarity
Trump got in because of a divided class.
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@benroyce @Eetschrijver ""trump will cheat so what's the point of voting in the midterms"" Well if you do not vote, he will not need to cheat will he? If you vote and he cheats then there can be repercussions OK
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well, i should worry about my blood pressure too, and i'm not
i may be the first person on the fediverse to die mid comment responding to a troll
(i'm just kidding, i do mock trolls, but it comes from a place of being amused, not being distressed)
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@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
Also, if Trump is so good at cheating elections, how have Democrats been winning all these special elections since Trump took office?
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@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
I think a #GeneralStrike will have a much bigger impact.
But to have a successful strike, you have to have #ClassSolidarity
Trump got in because of a divided class.
@Sassinake @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
right but americans are largely dissipated and ineffectual
asking them to get off their fucking asses and just vote is hard enough
what you're asking for is an even much larger ask
so i don't stand against what you say, i agree with it
general strike and vote, we ask for both
but don't post in such a way that some fools might conclude you're asking them to do a general strike instead of vote. you're not doing that, but be explicit about that
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@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
Also, if Trump is so good at cheating elections, how have Democrats been winning all these special elections since Trump took office?
@mjc0961 @benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
Because the Democrats still have no more control or ability to interfere than they did before.
What will happen in an election with such control on the line?
Historically if they were to win it, one or more Democrats, however many as needed, will veer right, voting to block such control until it is blocked.
They will be rewarded well for this.
Maybe with an overwhelming Democratic majority? Hasn't before but ever hopeful.
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@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
I think a #GeneralStrike will have a much bigger impact.
But to have a successful strike, you have to have #ClassSolidarity
Trump got in because of a divided class.
@Sassinake
So there's no class solidarity. Well, bummer. Now here's the question to American voters: are you going to sit on your bums until class solidarity somehow materializes or are you meanwhile going to fucking vote to give class solidarity more chances to come about? Because these guys sure as hell are not going to help that happen.
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@mjc0961 @benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
Because the Democrats still have no more control or ability to interfere than they did before.
What will happen in an election with such control on the line?
Historically if they were to win it, one or more Democrats, however many as needed, will veer right, voting to block such control until it is blocked.
They will be rewarded well for this.
Maybe with an overwhelming Democratic majority? Hasn't before but ever hopeful.
@adwright @mjc0961 @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
well yeah, it's not going to be easy
but please don't posit statements like you are doing that in some minds might create a feeling of helplessness
i don't think that is your intention, you refer to hope by the end of your comment, but serve our current need to participate and vote by making sure to note "having said all of that, make sure you vote"
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@Sassinake @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
right but americans are largely dissipated and ineffectual
asking them to get off their fucking asses and just vote is hard enough
what you're asking for is an even much larger ask
so i don't stand against what you say, i agree with it
general strike and vote, we ask for both
but don't post in such a way that some fools might conclude you're asking them to do a general strike instead of vote. you're not doing that, but be explicit about that
@benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
I mean, you have to vote. You have to at least participate in this farce, before you flip the table.
But elections happen in Russia and North Korea too...
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@mjc0961 @benroyce @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
Because the Democrats still have no more control or ability to interfere than they did before.
What will happen in an election with such control on the line?
Historically if they were to win it, one or more Democrats, however many as needed, will veer right, voting to block such control until it is blocked.
They will be rewarded well for this.
Maybe with an overwhelming Democratic majority? Hasn't before but ever hopeful.
