• CleverOleg [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    Same story as in the US: material conditions are rapidly eroding. The people blame the current government so they vote for a change. The new party doesn’t do shit and instead actually just lets things get worse, so the people swing the other way. It’s indicative in both cases of a society that thinks “change” happens only at the ballot box.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
      hexagon
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      1 day ago

      Yup, and this can only go for so long because after a few election cycles people start cluing in that their life's getting worse regardless of what clowns are in charge.

      • miz [any, any]
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        1 day ago

        it's been going for approximately four decades in the US and the liberals are still clueless

      • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        this is optimistic to the point of delusion. yankkkees en masse will literally never be able to understand the difference between politics and elections

        Death to America

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
          hexagon
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          1 day ago

          If you look at the labor movement that formed during the Great Depression, I think it clearly shows that yankees are capable of organizing when pushed against the wall.

      • bigboopballs [he/him]
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        1 day ago

        because after a few election cycles people start cluing in that their life's getting worse regardless of what clowns are in charge.

        When has that ever happened? lol

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
          hexagon
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          1 day ago

          I mean it's happening all over the west as we speak. People are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the political system. They're still not at the stage where they have enough political awareness to take meaningful action, but that will come too.