• Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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      This is the result of a broken system. If every election comes down to either the status quo or blatant corruption the system has already failed.

      Inevitably corruption will win at least once.

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        I’m guessing you still think the silence of your abstention will “make your voice heard,” even after witnessing all the damage it caused in 2016?

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            Please explain how a minority of abstainers will positively influence candidates.

            I can easily explain how the exact opposite occurs in one sentence.

            Conventions receive detailed reports on active registered voters and tailor their next candidate to capture more of that audience.

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            Oh there’s many. Why, you wanna run right to the genocide joe thing huh. Like oooooh ask me why we’re so apathetic ask it ask it

            “You folks” are like that