Most major #media and #socialMedia in the #USA is now right wing controlled
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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.
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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 Never have I been made so jealous of a country until seeing this clip. God, imagine Obama, Biden, or even Kamala going on Fox Entertainment and doing this. Heads. Would. Roll/Explode.
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i was once in a thread with someone from eastern europe who obviously did not have english as their first language and used the ableist r-word
i just told them this was an extremely vile word to use in english, and they edited their comment and thanked me
i didn't start piling on them with judgment and vitriol
we all should learn to try a little understanding first before bringing out the machine guns of judgment. of course, if they double down, bombs away
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@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"
@benroyce @mjc0961 @aadeacon @Eetschrijver
I posted only moments earlier how important it was to both vote in the primaries as well as the election saying that yes your lives really do hang on the results.
That is truth.
But it is also truth that this is not going to be that easy or that straight forward and the only result with any chance of success - a Democratic supermajority everywhere - is going to be a reach, even if it works.
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@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"
@benroyce @adwright @mjc0961 @Eetschrijver I will add a note here, I will not vote in the mid-terms because as a UK citizen I do not have a vote, even though the results are of paramount interest to the the non US world,
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@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...
