• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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    4 months ago

    I’m voting for democrats down the entire ballot like I do every single election, but it will ultimately not make a meaningful difference.

    The older I get the more I realize that the only way to change anything is to be a massive, endlessly annoying prick. Sure, vote or whatever, but if you don’t like the options provided I think the least (literally the least) one can do is to - and this will sound silly - relentlessly meme on centrists to agitate them to do something.

    even the ancient romans understood that a solid anonymous dunk posted on a statue can sometimes be the most agitative kind of messaging.

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      4 months ago

      The squeaky wheel gets the grease, as the saying goes. My only hope as far as voting goes is that democrats get a majority so large that they can’t just conveniently flip two senators to continue to do nothing. I feel like democrats purposefully eek out the smallest victories they can so they can pretend to be powerless. It’s either that or they’re ridiculously incompetent, neither inspire confidence. They’re just too good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Regardless, their excuses and lack of results will be even more flagrant if they’re given a huge majority.