If you really want the link.

So many layers of The Process and the only defense against political assassinations is voting.

We are so far past the point of voting our way out. We're the most propagandized people on earth. My god. And the US has been assassinating political rivals since it's founding. It's a country built on assassinating political rivals.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    6 months ago

    How many times has the US tried to assassinate Castro again?

    Oh sorry, it's only bad if it's an American getting assassinated, my bad

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    I take this to mean they don't really believe what they're saying.

    They probably think they believe it, but their behavior shows what they really believe: this is a normal election. I don't know what it will actually take for them to actually start believing what they're saying, but when they do they're not going to just ask people to vote harder 🙄

    • Magician [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
      ·
      6 months ago

      maybe-later-kiddo maybe-later-honey

      If you don't vote, the next president will assassinate you. Vote like your life depends on it!

      Don't ask how we got there or critique the society that would even have that decided in an election.

    • flan [they/them]
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      edit-2
      6 months ago

      I agree that they don't really believe what they're saying. The west is so insulated from civil war, coups, assassinations, political violence, extreme inflation, or other rapid changes in quality of life that the things they are talking about are completely abstract. Decades ought to be measured in centuries in the west because nothing really changes.

      • PKMKII [none/use name]
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        6 months ago

        That’s the gigantic paradox with the West, simultaneously the most insulated from that sort of turmoil yet constantly afraid that they’re the most exposed to it.

  • NeelixBiederman [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I spend more time waiting in line to self-checkout my groceries compared to how long it takes to read the green party voter guide and fill in my mail-in ballot. If you think an act as difficult as a boring chore is going to stop fascism, you should really take a minute and think before you speak.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    It's like asking a train to change direction not realizing it's on fucking tracks.

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    my friend I'm the GOAT of VOTE and shit has only ever gotten worse

    i-voted

  • footfaults [none/use name]
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    6 months ago

    America has already killed American citizens overseas in drone strikes. Obama killed Anwar Al-Awlaki and then Trump killed his kids.

    • Magician [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      6 months ago

      The law that allowed for those killings was passed by Obama. I got a form letter in reply when I complained about it. I'd like to think that started my leftward turn.