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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, no one is obligated. When you are subject to electoralism, it does generally behoove you to have some solidarity to keep the worst possible people from the levers of power. You aren't obligated however. No more obligated than those seeking power are obliged to you. Which is usually not at all.

Electoralism and those seeking power are broadly speaking the problem.

[–] gurty@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Exactly. If the system is going ‘here is a line-up of absolute fucking clowns who are in it for themselves, choose one’ then how can people call it democracy? Financially-incentivised politicians are literally killing people in pursuit of money and this is somehow the best system we’ve got?

Sorry for teenager-like rant, but it really gets my goat.