Edit: new and improved image, now with 100% less support! Used my expert photo editing skills to change “supporting” to say “voting for”

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m going to copy /u/kiniz0r’s comment from a few months ago because I think it’s extremely perceptive and accurate:

    People have a fucked-up understanding of voting in the US. You are not voting for the person you agree with. You are voting for the person you’d rather negotiate with.

    If you actually care beyond the aesthetics of whether you did the cool thing or not, you have to think about the function of what you’re doing and not just whether it feels good.

    original comment

    Your political choices shouldn’t be performative, they should be as effective as possible in the present.

    You do the best you can with what you have.

    • David_Eight@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      My favorite analogy is that voting is like taking the bus, just because it doesn’t drop you off in front of your house, doesn’t mean you’re better off walking.