Post #894969

2026-04-02 02:47 UTC

No…what’s actually sad, is that even when there are better alternatives, leftists don’t bother showing up to vote. That’s how we got here. Whenever there’s a chance for us to pull things back to the left…half of us just sit down and whine about how pointless it is to pull.

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2026-04-02 03:13

Which leftist alternative did you show up to vote for?

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@RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2026-04-02 04:18

Name the better alternative

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@hamid@crazypeople.online 2026-04-02 12:16

It is so funny when delusional Americans believe they live in a democracy and not a dictatorship of capital. It isn't that people didn't "vote" it is that the government there is structured to make sure that you never threaten capital. Alexis de Toqueville figured this out in the Eighteenth century that the US government is inherently despotic and relies on social norms. The fundamental structure of the constitution is broken and you will never have a "leftist" come to power there, it is literally impossible since voting is fixed during the redistricting phase. [DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA By Alexis De Tocqueville](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/815/815-h/815-h.htm) [The frozen republic : how the Constitution is paralyzing democracy by Daniel Lazare](https://archive.org/details/frozenrepublicho0000laza/page/n9/mode/2up)

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