Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 20 days agoHow it feels voting in any liberal democracyhexbear.netimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageHow it feels voting in any liberal democracyhexbear.netDort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·20 days agoAnd it’s always "We're not voting to fix things this time, we're voting to keep things from getting worse!" And i’m just like :pain:
minus-squareCrispyFern [fae/faer, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·20 days agoHonestly lately it’s been “voting to make things worse, but at a slower rate”
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·20 days agoAnd the best part is that I have done everything you’re supposed to do! I vote in primaries, I help canvas for local politicians i like, I am even on several of my town’s political committees Nothing has gotten better because the system is fucked and I am so tired of pretending it isn’t
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·20 days agoIt’s not though. It’s working exactly as designed.
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·20 days agoI meant fucked as in awful and deleterious as opposed to fucked up, aka broken Curse my trenchant fingers
minus-squareRojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·20 days agoFeeling the same lately. The last bit of the electoralism lib in me was holding onto was at the local level. Even that is just blegh.
And it’s always
"We're not voting to fix things this time, we're voting to keep things from getting worse!"And i’m just like :pain:
Honestly lately it’s been “voting to make things worse, but at a slower rate”
And the best part is that I have done everything you’re supposed to do!
I vote in primaries, I help canvas for local politicians i like, I am even on several of my town’s political committees
Nothing has gotten better because the system is fucked and I am so tired of pretending it isn’t
It’s not though. It’s working exactly as designed.
I meant fucked as in awful and deleterious as opposed to fucked up, aka broken
Curse my trenchant fingers
Feeling the same lately. The last bit of the electoralism lib in me was holding onto was at the local level. Even that is just blegh.