“That’s the way it is” “people don’t have power” — great nihilistic attitude, dude. What we don’t need is people encouraging others (directly or thru nihilistic discouragement) to not participate in voting

It is not a legitimate use of your power to give up your power — that’s R bullsht

Jhfc you still don’t get it

Yes, hold people accountable, work for whatever cause/candidate you want, but still vote for the better choice

Done banging my head against this brick wall

Btw the margin of victory in 2024 was 2.5 million. With the electoral college, that comes down to a few thousand votes in just a few states

Giving up your power to “teach the party a lesson” is not going to fix this

Nothing more feckless than telling the powers that be that you are not a reliable voter

…citizens have a responsibility along with their right to vote. That is to be educated on the election and to use their vote for the best outcome for the country

Well it’s been explained to you so I don’t know why you still don’t get it. This discussion has nothing to do with what you think about leadership or approval ratings. Think whatever you want, but…

Well as we’ve seen in the last 3 elections, pres races can come down to the purple and swing small states not comfortably blue or red. So you need to think whole picture, not just your life

The low level staffer is out of a job if the congress member doesn’t win his election. Is all the power in the system equal throughout? Obviously not that’s ridiculous, but every citizen has power with their vote and congress members listen to voters

…govt aid purchases for food aid to other countries and workers who may be immigrants

Nobody forced their hand on the ballot, they made a choice not based on facts. Even if they didn’t like the D, they knew what the R would do
They had power they wielded with stupidity

Voters also have the responsibility to educate themselves — if they think they have no power to influence or nothing will change either way, they are just wrong — ask the farmers. They were so focused on maga America First, they ignored that their livelihoods depend on foreign trade contracts and…

Anyone who doesn’t vote is giving away their own power — nobody’s took it from them

And your explanation made no sense whatsoever

…relitigating the last election point by point. If you can’t discuss the larger issue of what voting means and should not mean to people, we’re done

Dude, there was a disease that killed the fucking chickens and caused a shortage. The prices came down ffs. Gas was not $5 — utter bullsht. And screaming that Harris didn’t say anything about high prices is just more bullsht — YOU WEREN’T LISTENING

Again, this post is not about…

Well that doesn’t apply to what we’re talking about. Because everyone has a vote, we all have power

Thinking that you don’t is part of the problem. If you are a citizen, you can run for office, you can volunteer for candidate, join others to craft a platform and promote issues AND you get a vote

And the proof is that you don’t even know that. None of this excuses what we’re actually talking about here. Not specific criticisms of the last election, but the idea that your vote is a prize or that withholding your vote is a legit exercise of your power when your wants are not matched perfectly

While there were spikes in prices, there was not sustained col increase of 30%. Dems did talk about price gouging legislation, but people wanted to scream about the price of eggs and whatever bullsht was drooling out of trump’s mouth than actually pay attention to what Dems were offering

…case. And most importantly, we do our duty to vote for the best candidate for the country and the world — “best” of the choices we have, not withhold if they aren’t perfect

Well welcome to democracy. You voted, but not enough others did — because they have the attitudes we’re all talking about in this post. We don’t always get what we want, not everyone thinks like us — so we don’t take the ball and go home, we work harder to educate and encourage and make our…

…our allies vs Project 2025 and tariffs and the chaos we experienced last time

You had plenty to vote for as well as something to vote against

Ask not what you can do for your country, but what the candidate promises to you, right?

Offered nothing? Jobs jobs jobs, infrastructure projects to improve your town and provide jobs, environmental progress, lower rx prices, wages rising faster than inflation, steady leadership with…

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Yes, me too. My favorites are the ‘my vote is a prize you must please me to win and whatever happens is your fault for not putting up the candidate I would have liked’ and ‘the Dems forced us to vote this way’

Not even close to what is happening now. If you don’t know the difference, you are just reflex reacting and don’t know a damn thing. Or trolling

And don’t presume that you know who I care about

Now you’re just devolving into childish playground sniping

Again, you can stop at any time

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Worse than that, the pipe is on federal land and *they* are the ones supposed to be taking care of it in the first place

This 👆

The pipe is under federal control — it’s not under local jurisdiction according to Gov Moore

Promoting division and conflict — helps Rs

“Dated”? No, it’s not wrong because it’s “dated”. Jhfc, the more you talk, the worse it gets

You can stop at any time