@benroyce @nonehitwonder “dem centrist spinelessness is an *effect* of people not voting” Nah, betw their neoliberal ideology & interests of ultra-wealthy funding them, they’d rather lose than win like FDR did. So they have, over & over.

@benroyce @nonehitwonder Yes it’s self-defeating for the public to not vote for the lesser evil. But in the USAian spoiler effect/2-party system, the parties aren’t really parties in the parliamentary sense, in which people can vote how they like & then the MPs compromise to form a governing coalition. Here we make the voters compromise & endorse a governing coalition. Lotta everyday people refuse

@Simplicator @nonehitwonder

to fix the problem you cite, which i agree with, WE NEED TO VOTE

we can't go "well this has problems, so no voting"

so it never gets fixed

example:

ranked choice voting

which means you can vote your conscience instead of endless dreary strategy with our fucking stupid FPTP voting system

to get that, vote for dems and hammer them on it

we got it in a few places already

the GOP just wants to suppress your vote

@benroyce @Simplicator @nonehitwonder

I've been to 4 protests since election day, each ate up a day, left me exhausted. A dozen community meetings too.

Voting is the easiest "political action" I do. Probably also least material impact, but I don't get why we have to talk about it so much.

Get it done AND don't stop there.

If you can't do it for material reasons OK. Want to tell me about some ideological reason? I don't really have time for that. I do not care.