Nothing gives Israel a special right to invade neighbors, bulldoze their homes, and create a DMZ.

[tagyourtoe@mastodon.social]

@Pine_Affinity @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado "why would I vote"

You wouldn't. It would interfere with your carefully cultivated worthlessness.

[thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social]

@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!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@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!

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@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

[amoshias@esq.social]

@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!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Amoshias @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado

"i stand against the corrupt status quo

...

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"

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@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

[a_minion@mastodon.social]

@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

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@draNgNon @TagYourToe @Pine_Affinity @Netraven @mcnado

more usefully, show up in the primaries and vote for the candidate who does not accept dark money

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

@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

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@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

[haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com]

@screwturn

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

[3x10to8mps@mastodon.social]

@Pine_Affinity @thepoliticalcat @mcnado @Netraven @benroyce Hear hear!

[amoshias@esq.social]

@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!"

[a_minion@mastodon.social]

@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.

[haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com]

@rozeboosje

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.

[a_minion@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @draNgNon @screwturn @Kierkegaanks @Netraven @JakeKb @mcnado @Pine_Affinity

Remember that Alaska passed RCV inspite of massive complaint and protest from the GOP, Hell they even brought Sarah back into the deal. Sadly the GOP did get our single House member. So if it can be done here . . . .

[cynblogger@sfba.social]

@screwturn @Pine_Affinity @JakeKb @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado

Thus following the great American low-voter-turnout tradition, which hasn’t seen voter participation great than 63% in over 100 years; midterms average around 40%.

#GOTV
#RegisterVoters

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@haui Absolutely, and of course my rant was directed at those who do actually sing that siren song of capitulation. Those who work their arses of to bring on change, I'll salute.

[pine_affinity@mastodon.social]

Nice fanfic

@TagYourToe @benroyce @Netraven @mcnado