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R(ul)evenge USA edition (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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The discourse on American politics sometimes devolves to "Leftists who won't vote" & "MAGA Republicans" teaming up to "getting revenge on liberals".

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[-] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

People are upset they can't vote to dismantle the system and so they don't vote thinking that it somehow withdraws their consent. I feel like that Patrick's wallet meme where we all agree voting doesn't do the things we want, including withdrawing consent.