I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

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    14 hours ago

    I will never look down on someone who voted or refused to vote because of thier conscience.

    You should. They only bring about worse situations at best. Pretending to be moral when what you’re doing is the opposite is pure hypocrisy.

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      14 hours ago

      Remember, the most constructive thing you can do is get mad at other, equally powerless people like yourself! This is how political change happens.

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          Voting is a power that has been consistently weakened for the past four decades in the United States, and is completely useless in a two party system with two captured parties. Political change has historically been accomplished with money and violence; it is extraordinarily rare for countries to vote themselves out of the slide to fascism.

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          12 hours ago

          that’s a good point

          I wonder what would happen if the Democrats tried to activate those chronic non-voters, rather than trying to flip those moderate republicans i keep being told are real

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            Removing your support from a party you previously supported is an effort to bring about change. Evidenced by the democrats trying to figure out how to get people to vote for them again.

            I bet you think divorce is a bad thing too.

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              Divorce isn’t something from nothing, so I’m not too sure what that false equivalency is supposed to do for you.

              You cannot expect action from inaction.

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                Well the DNC is now forced to either pull their collective head out their ass or destroy themselves in spite. We’ll see how it goes.

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                  You actually think the Democratic Party will ever have any real power ever again? Or any party other than the Republican Party?

                  You actually think the Republican Party will ever willingly give up power?

                  You still think these people give a shit about the law?

                  Amazing. Just amazing.