Non-voters should be on the front lines.
After they write an apology letter to all the people that died to give them a democracy and visit their graves to deliver the letters.
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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Hard agree. If you're not voting at all you're basically saying "do whatever you want to me government daddy, no matter what you do I support you!".
At the very least, you should be registering a protest vote with a third party so that your protest is recorded.
I don't agree with this whole idea that Nader gave the election to Bush. Nader said he would have dropped out if Gore had adopted certain things into his platform.
One of the few things they can do that has any measurable effect on outcomes and they decided, "nah, fuck all that."
#bothSides and people trying to avoid understanding
- in effectively a binary race, the conservatives win when turnout is lower. Take a bow.
- if you don't vote for the better option, you're begging for the worst. Self-high-5.
- voting for a can't win third-party is like spoiling a vote but less fun at parties. Dip a chip.
Why is it the voters fault when the party does nothing to inspire confidence or enthusiasm?
Because the other option was Hitler.
Because voters are fucking adults and it's their responsibility to make the best decision under the circumstances they find themselves so their quality of life doesn't degenerate even more.
No one inspired you? Too fucking bad. Look at the facts. Make the most intelligent decision.
I think if you have any long term vision, the best solution is revolution. There was no choice available in which things get better. The only choice is how fast do you want things to get worse.
Things would get pretty bad during and after a revolution as well.
If the authoritarians win - shit gets 100x worse for everyone "for the sake of security"
If the revolutionaries win there is a good chance those that become the new head of state aren't going to be much better and/or now that it's been proven that revolutions can change governments whose to say that another one doesn't break out because the new government isn't doing stuff "right". This becomes a bloody spiral with no real end.
Saying we need to revolt without really looking at the long term consequences of that action is foolish.
The facts are voting for the lesser of two evils is how we got to this point.
Edit: Before you assume, yes I voted for biden and Harris in 2020 and 2024.
Big “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos!” energy.
the vote is the only say you get. letting that go unused is just opting out. democracy only lives through participation.
the vote is the only say you get.
bless your heart
While I agree in not surrendering any power through inaction, voting is not the only say you get. There's 100 other things one could do as well that could make things less shitty.
Voting is the easiest way to bring political change or preserve things you like about society.
It really sucks that modern center-left parties position themselves as "well, there's worse"
Well, there is.
It's the folks we made apathetic's fault! Now watch us run on trump 1 policies to trinagulate the conservative vote again. We'll even have Steve Bannon on stage this time! You have to vote for us. Don't you dare despair!
I didn't vote because I was physically not allowed to. I am still kinda sympathethic after 6th trolley problem in a row people stop playing the game.
Is this an adaptation of Cormac McCarthyz 'The Road'?
Yes but it’s not as good as the book.
But it's got Viggo.