Florida Democrats fight to restore party’s lost pride in era of DeSantis
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Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism

Progressives aim to reinstate equilibrium to state’s lopsided politics that DeSantis has, in the eyes of some, dragged into fascism

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
    52·
    1 year ago

    It becomes a crutch… “oh, why should we bother to go vote, when we know we will lose?” or worse yet, it undermines democracy in general by making people think the system is totally rigged. Those are the kinds of arguments that clowns like Trump use. I am not saying that everything is fair. Far from it, but apathy is one of the biggest weapons that fascist use to make people not want to go vote. Voter turnout is already pitiful - we can’t afford to lose more voters.

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah. I have a related degree and this is the kind of thing Cambridge Analytica did. Big data scraping, pop it all into SPSS to see what predicts voting behaviour, then target voter demographics that’ll vote against your client with propaganda that makes them cynical.

      It’s really hard to make them vote for your guy, it’s easier to convince them to not vote against him.

      Hell, I’d argue that even if the system is largely rigged, you need the electorate to believe the lie that it’s not, to at least stand at least some chance at keeping the fascists out.

      But what do I know.

    • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year ago

      Democrats also chase after middle class votes when they should be in every fast food joint, retail chain, and other shitty minimum wage job, advocating for inflation-tied minimum wage increases, strengthened protections for organized labor, etc.

      (they don’t do this because they are a centrist party that doesn’t want the US to have the quality of life enjoyed by those in Western Europe)