Nothing gives Israel a special right to invade neighbors, bulldoze their homes, and create a DMZ.
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@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado I really don't understand why can't Americans accept that the democratic party is an imperialist party for the elites that doesn't answer to its people. Why can't you build actual grassroot movements and put forward your own candidates that are not compromised by the democratic party systems of control? Far easier task than changing the democratic party from within.
@JakeKb @Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado I blame it on the surveillance state, the First Past the Post system, and especially the deep and apparently irreparable social isolation. These aren't conditions conducive to political organizing.
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@JakeKb @Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado I blame it on the surveillance state, the First Past the Post system, and especially the deep and apparently irreparable social isolation. These aren't conditions conducive to political organizing.
@mikelovesbikes @JakeKb @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
and people who speak from a position of ignorance on the usa voting system like jake are not helping. in fact what they argue for only helps MAGA
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The Hill believes a leadership change is unlikely.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5807683-schumer-future-senate-leadership/
@benroyce @Netraven @mcnado@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado And? If your friends tell you to jump off a cliff because the Raptor is happening tomorrow, are you gonna jump off a cliff? Or think and strategize? I hate this self-defeating shit. If you won't DO anything to change the world, OF COURSE nothing will change. Sitting on your ass and whining is the worst response.
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@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado And? If your friends tell you to jump off a cliff because the Raptor is happening tomorrow, are you gonna jump off a cliff? Or think and strategize? I hate this self-defeating shit. If you won't DO anything to change the world, OF COURSE nothing will change. Sitting on your ass and whining is the worst response.
@thepoliticalcat @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
"because the Raptor is happening tomorrow"
you mean rapture but PLEASE do not correct your typo, it is exquisite
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why would I vote for this party?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/schumer-israel-aid
@benroyce @Netraven @mcnado@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado "why would I vote"
You wouldn't. It would interfere with your carefully cultivated worthlessness.
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@thepoliticalcat @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
"because the Raptor is happening tomorrow"
you mean rapture but PLEASE do not correct your typo, it is exquisite
@benroyce @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado No, I actually DO mean "Raptor." Some lunatics announced it a few days ago, and posted a Velociraptor and a Pastor Raptor pic with it, and I was simply enchanted. I want to participate in the Raptor!
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@benroyce @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado No, I actually DO mean "Raptor." Some lunatics announced it a few days ago, and posted a Velociraptor and a Pastor Raptor pic with it, and I was simply enchanted. I want to participate in the Raptor!
@thepoliticalcat @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
The Raptor is coming
Praise be
We will be judged and if found wanting we will be consumed
If we are pure we will pass to the realm of dino delights
HALLELUJAH!
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Yup there is none.
Just like there is no "cast them all into a volcano" optionWould that there was, but there isn't
What you get is the optician's exam - Is 1 better, or 2. 1 or 2. If you stand away and don't choose, you get shitty spectacles, not the magical ones you imagine, not do your eyes suddenly improve on their own.
@Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
@screwturn if only there were, actually, a "cast them all into a volcano" option
then only the most confident and thoughtful persons would run.
however, I know Nevada has a NOTA option on their ballots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates
@A_Minion @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
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@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado oh no! The Hill!?! Well if a tabloid said it, that certainly gives you an excuse to stay home and not do anything!
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@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado oh no! The Hill!?! Well if a tabloid said it, that certainly gives you an excuse to stay home and not do anything!
@Amoshias @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
"i stand against the corrupt status quo
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i accept the lies of the corrupt mouthpieces of the status quo to justify my indolence and cynical acceptance via inaction of the corrupt status quo"
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@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado "why would I vote"
You wouldn't. It would interfere with your carefully cultivated worthlessness.
@TagYourToe @Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven
my partner will not donate to DSCC, which is mailing us in the postal mail all the time for contributions, until he is gone. all money begs are returned in the envelope with no money, but sharpie art and words explaining that constraint very explicitly.
...going back to the original post by @mcnado , perhaps a thing to test in primaries is whether the candidates support properly requiring AIPAC to register as a foreign agent. they are lobbying on behalf of Israel ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act#Allegations_of_selective_enforcement
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@screwturn if only there were, actually, a "cast them all into a volcano" option
then only the most confident and thoughtful persons would run.
however, I know Nevada has a NOTA option on their ballots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/None_of_These_Candidates
@A_Minion @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
@draNgNon @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
Thanks, It never occurred to me to look it up. I guess it's just too obvious and thought folks would have said something if it existed, well, either that or boy am I dense. I'll go the the former to salve my wounded ego. . . 8*) The Volcano option is sure enticing tho as a permanent solution.
Peace
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@TagYourToe @Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven
my partner will not donate to DSCC, which is mailing us in the postal mail all the time for contributions, until he is gone. all money begs are returned in the envelope with no money, but sharpie art and words explaining that constraint very explicitly.
...going back to the original post by @mcnado , perhaps a thing to test in primaries is whether the candidates support properly requiring AIPAC to register as a foreign agent. they are lobbying on behalf of Israel ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act#Allegations_of_selective_enforcement
@draNgNon @TagYourToe @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
more usefully, show up in the primaries and vote for the candidate who does not accept dark money
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@draNgNon @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
Thanks, It never occurred to me to look it up. I guess it's just too obvious and thought folks would have said something if it existed, well, either that or boy am I dense. I'll go the the former to salve my wounded ego. . . 8*) The Volcano option is sure enticing tho as a permanent solution.
Peace
@A_Minion lol I only looked it up becuase I remember them doing it and hoping it would catch on. nearness matters, I'm in Cali and have friends living in Nevada
imagine how different things would be if NOTA + Ranked Choice was the law of the land
@screwturn @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
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@A_Minion lol I only looked it up becuase I remember them doing it and hoping it would catch on. nearness matters, I'm in Cali and have friends living in Nevada
imagine how different things would be if NOTA + Ranked Choice was the law of the land
@screwturn @Kierkegaanks @benroyce @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
@draNgNon @A_Minion @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
which we get by supporting dem candidates who say so
not because dems are perfect, but because you have dems against RCV and dems for it, and we have to make that choice
meawhile the GOP in 2024 took a blanket stand against RCV
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Was Biden better than the Orange guy?
Was Kamal better than the Orange guy?We got the worst option because people who should have voted for her, just never showed up
I agree with you that there is a qualitative difference between them and that not voting at all or even voting for trump is beyond stupid.
Still, blaming the current situation solely on them is ignoring reality. Every US president has killed many thousands of people, many of them noncombatants.
The USA is an imperialist state which is controlled by capitalists. They are the driving force behind this.
It is like pumping the brakes one meter before the cliff. People need to organize
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@thepoliticalcat @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
"because the Raptor is happening tomorrow"
you mean rapture but PLEASE do not correct your typo, it is exquisite
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@Amoshias @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado
"i stand against the corrupt status quo
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i accept the lies of the corrupt mouthpieces of the status quo to justify my indolence and cynical acceptance via inaction of the corrupt status quo"
@benroyce @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado "I stand against the corrupt status quo SO FIRMLY that if I cannot take an action which immediately and irrevocably smashes that status quo, I am going to do nothing at all!"
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@draNgNon @A_Minion @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
which we get by supporting dem candidates who say so
not because dems are perfect, but because you have dems against RCV and dems for it, and we have to make that choice
meawhile the GOP in 2024 took a blanket stand against RCV
@benroyce @draNgNon @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity
Even tho we don't have much choice in a presidential election we have massive choice in House & Senate. If we pick those candidates there it will put pressure on the President . . . But that requires fore thought Maybe even 5 thought. But only 6 years tho 2 would be enough.
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@JakeKb @benroyce @roger @Netraven @mcnado But people prefer to sit on their arse for 1460 days and then go "Oh LoOk BoTh SiDeS BaD So i WoN't VoTe" and then post cynical dreck on Social Media about how "rotten" "the system" is, and repeat that self defeating shit every 4 years. What is rotten is your self indulgent self pitying apathetic mush for brains.
I share your frustration. It is pretty much the same everywhere.
But it is also not completely true. People are organizing. Historically, this has always happened. Capitalist systems always decay into fascism at some point and the people take time to organize and grasp the issue.
There are also proven methods to work against this. Voting is provides the needed slowdown and organizing is sewing the parachutes while approaching the inevitable cliff.
