Absolutely useless

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    How long do I have to wait for this to work? It’s been 25 years of voting blue no matter who and Republicans are just getting more and more power. When do we get to say that’s a failed strategy? When there’s no elections anymore or when there’s only one party on the ballot?

    Oh, wait, that happens a ton already because Democrats are fucking useless. Three seats on my 2024 ballot had Republicans running unopposed.

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      6 hours ago

      It HAS worked. Do you know how bad it would’ve been had we had Republican after Republican?? It would’ve been project 2000.

      Damage has been mitigated. Progress has been made. If you don’t appreciate that, then I’m happy for you because it means you are well of enough to not notice.

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        Youy know why Schumer said he wouldnt fight and voted with the republicans?

        “Harm reduction”.

        Sound familiar?

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          He’s a failure.

          Harm reduction isn’t 100% of possible harm reduction.

          I’m not saying they’re good. I’m saying they’re useful and sometimes not horrible.

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            5 hours ago

            Way ahead of you.

            But if all we can hope for is death, I don’t see a point in participating. Society is awful, people are terrible, and I can’t see the stars. And there’s literally nothing I can do to fix this, just bang my head against a wall.

            I don’t see the point in trying to make things better anymore.

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              I hear ya. I had the same feeling of futility for a long while.

              I got rid of it by getting out of the house and meeting little who think like me in real life. Going to protests and school board meetings has helped me not think it’s useless.

              And showing up to those things let’s you push back on those who are pushing the wrong way. If you can’t gain ground, slow them down. Make it expensive for them to hurt us.

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                4 hours ago

                I’ve tried that. They don’t think like me. I can mask really well because I’m in sales but those people are almost as alien as MAGAs. And not just politically, but socially and culturally.