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SOMEONE CALL 911 THERE HAS BEEN A MASS MURDER!
I do not know if this has been posted on Imgur yet but holy shit.
Apr 21, 2020 2:26 PM
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I do not know if this has been posted on Imgur yet but holy shit.
ScarletSnatch
Lies
FlyingGiantElk
Our mandatory elections come with planning to get everyone to vote, and I gather the US is more of a “vote if you can get the time” system.
oldirtyjack
Hold the election during quarantine and you'll have the highest voter turnout ever if it gives people a reason to get out of the house
SirRichardFrancisBurton
Ouch
Logoth
I don’t understand why this has to be reposted 1-2x/day, @OP.
Notme68
Maybe because people want you to get out and vote.
Beardedgeek72
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
So this is the 6th or 7th time you've seen it? I wrote I didn't know if it had been here but I'm not gonna deep dive the site to find out.
kmikl
This was at 666 points when I upvoted, and now it's just going to keep going, so imma let it.
Mindshard
Popular vote literally is meaningless, that's why people don't care. That's literally how the electoral college works.
pollomagnifico
And I stand by that decision. But I'm also chilling comfortably at home soooooo
nonCanadianGoose
We had to work then And now there’s no work.
CharlieWhiskey3
It's easier to complain then it is to stand in line for an hour or less once or twice a year.
sweatybuttcrack
Burn
ScarletSnatch
only on imgure can someone post their opinion and everyone believes it as a fact.
Beardedgeek72
You obviously never have visited Twitter. Also, nobody believes your opinion is fact.
donnothing10
And most of them would have voted for trump
audioCandyMonster
It only really matters in some states, I'm doing a protest vote in California this year. Tired of voting for which evil is slightly better
Quizz25S
Well when the choices are Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton can you really blame them?
IDownvoteAllPoliticalPosts
It's been posted many times
FlamingDeathGoat
A FUCKING MEN!!! Dump this 'eat the rich" violence fantasy and JUST GO VOTE!
Giantmutantcrab
Need some aloe for that burn?
Sulanis
In the last election in 2019 only 68.3% of eligible voters actually voted.
Imalwaysready
OH SNAP!
ScarletSnatch
LIES!!
yourbassist
If you didn't create it, it's been posted here is the easiest way to think of it.
MrTuttlesDriversEDClass
Been posted on here every single day for 6 weeks now. Please god stop
Beardedgeek72
It must be hell for you having to pay attention to reality?
AnonsAndMinions
Have we reposted this enough yet? Because I swear I've seen this in 10 dumps just today.
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
I hate reading all the poor me I have to stay home shit, when I have to go to work daily, with 900 over people at a factory, with shit masks
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
I also hate it for an entirely separate reason. I have been crippled for a decade and barely able to leave the house any more than I can 1/2
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
and never received disability and I won't get one of these stimulus checks and people bitch about being bored getting paid to stay home. 2/2
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
Ya Im not hating on anyone, just when your job is really hard and people sitting at home making more rhan me and I'm at risk
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Which makes 0 sense and other places are wondering why employees do not show up for shifts when they won't even make hazard pay match OT pay
PropainAndPropainAccesories
I’d love to stay home and make more money than I would working. Unfortunately I work at a pharmacy with zero hazard pay. They have it hard!!
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
sorry about that, ya we get 2$ extra a hour IF we work 40hrs and 3$ extra if we work over 48+ hours, crappy masks/gaiters and hard work
WeAreJustDustInTheWind
Friends of mine are at home gaming, watching TV or going hiking/fishing, making more than working its crazy, Hang in there
Rhacodactylus
The same people who stayed home are staying home. The ones who want to end quaratine early are the hard right-wingers.
bemibet
I thought the hard right-wingers are the ones following Trump'
bemibet
s call to protest against governors?
tarkus10
ANY excuse not to vote is just an excuse, plain & simple. No matter which side of the fence you are on, both need you more than you think.
mageninja
It's cute thinking that voting works
BerwynBrewyn
Hear hear. Voting (in the US for non-local elections) is for suckers.
GiantSquanchy
Powerful groups spend billions trying to get you to vore for their preferred candidate, they certainly think your vote matters
GlassSword
"Which candidate will YOU choose? Stay tuned on 'Who wants to stay a billionaire?' Watch to find out which puppet won the raffle!"
Bruhbeans
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_election
Snooj
Voting works great but it's a bit like watching a movie in a theater. You have to actually go there to get any benefit.
anotherdeadaquarian
Voting is easy (well, not everywhere). Challenging power through directer means is not!
Desomega
Gotta address voter apathy: put forth candidates that differ greatly, or energize people, combat misinformation and media favoritism. 1/2
Lionskull
screw all that, have ballots sent to people's homes with a free return envelope.
Desomega
That’d help, but don’t know why you’d be against doing everything else, too lol.
Lionskull
that was more of "if we're going to do the bear minimum, ..."
Desomega
So the latter issue isn't simple but understandable. The former is just dumb people. Not comparable unless you're one of those haughty types
Badprenup
I mean we've done that. They either never get enough traction to get anywhere or they get a ways along and then flare out, leaving us 1/2
Badprenup
Two shitty candidates. Things are kinda fucked at all levels so there isn't any one thing that will fix it 2/2
Desomega
That's what I mean by putting forth those candidates, though. Recognize who is better policy wise, who appeals to those that don't vote. 1/2
Desomega
Push them, instead of doing what we normally do which is demonize them and push them down, then scream at the nonvoters for not voting. 2/2
Beardedgeek72
Thing is, if you looked at Trump and Hillary and thought to yourself "Not caring who's winning" then something is wrong with you.
Desomega
At the end of the day that doesn’t matter if you want to beat trump. You still gotta convince people to vote. Telling them something 1/2
Desomega
Is wrong with them comes across as you just being upset you lost, while also pushing them away from ever voting for your guy. 2/2
DarthLabradoodle
Fortunately, we've got that Joe-mentum to energize the base this time around.
Sluggingforward
Quo Biden
DoomGuysCousinKenneth
Joe Biden and energise can't go in the same sentence. Unless it's "what can we do to energise Joe Biden?"
rooik14
I don't think voter apathy will really be thwarted until we move to ranked choice voting.
ChainmailleAddict
My question is why don't we already have this? It's objectively more democratic and favors candidate who more people vote fo-oh, Republicans
rooik14
With this one it's not just Republicans. The Democratic establishment can be FAR lazier with this and don't have to court voters as much.
RevolutionOnHerLips
I would love this. And let parties field more than one nominee if those people want to run under the same label.
rooik14
Oh for sure! No need to limit things
Desomega
I agree that'd help. But there's other stuff to do to mitigate it in the meantime. Sadly it's an actual tactic to try to make certain 1/2
Desomega
groups feel demotivated and villainized, as if they don't vote at all, it's better than the chance they might vote for "the other guy" 2/2
rooik14
That's fair, helping with outreach and stopping voter suppression. My problem is our current system favoring parties means the parties 1/2
rooik14
2/3 ostensibly decide who prospers and they're willing to crash and burn to avoid someone who brings change (Bernie Sanders got that)
rooik14
3/3 Only really big outliers can push through. Otherwise they can hobble any candidate they dislike.
Desomega
Oh no doubt. Both parties are guilty of it, but the democratic party, as the most relevant right now, has a history of really pushing 1/?
Comet260
Maybe some of us are sick of choosing the lesser evil.
ThailandExpress
voting perpetuates the system
PropainAndPropainAccesories
That and it’s literally just an illusion of choice. The victor is determined by their wallet size. Our votes mean literally nothing.
Comet260
Plus now Bernie is basically stanning for Biden. Saying it's 'irresponsible' not to vote for Biden. Fuck off.
eastend666
No excuse.
Beardedgeek72
Then you deserve the greater evil. Too bad you are dooming others as well you selfish fuck.
Comet260
Call me whatever name you want.
Beardedgeek72
I just did. Still doesn't change that you 1. is complicit in everything Trump and the GOP and 2. you have absolutely no right to complain.
Comet260
Forgive me for not wanting to vote for a health insurance shill. If it make you happy I've been thinking about leaving the US. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
phrost
This is short-sighted and makes no sense. The lesser evil, by definition, does less evil. You're enabling more suffering.
ThailandExpress
thats how the devil wins
billy3890
You are legitimizing evil. Allowing evil on one side allows the other side to also do evil and finger-point to abolish any policing.
Comet260
If we always vote for the lesser evil, nothing will change. Evil is still evil. Lesser, middling, it matters not.
rudejohn
Yet Democrat voters and the DNC seem to have learned nothing from 2016.
Comet260
It's a vicious circle and example of why we need more than two parties plus voting reform.
Attaroo
Whereas NOT voting will definitely change things! LOL, dumbass. The only way you can change the system is to capture it.
Comet260
We've been TRYING to capture the system, dumbass. But we have a DNC that puts up empty suits like Biden.
Attaroo
Bullshit - the young people didn't vote. THAT'S WHY BERNIE LOST. Period. So not voting again will solve it? Each year the boomers
rooik14
Then advocate for ranked choice voting and be politically active or you're just enabling the system.
pilomotor
If you don't vote for the lesser evil, and the greater evil keeps winning, your government will keep sliding toward a fascist dictatorship.
Comet260
Answer me this, why does it ALWAYS have to be a choice between two evils? That's what I'm sick of.
pilomotor
Because political power is a burden for righteous people, and mainly narcissists and tyrants desire that power strongly enough to win?
PhunPhact
Because not enough of us are doing anything about it. What do u want to do to change it?
Attaroo
Which means you are choosing the greater evil. Dumbass.
Comet260
Calling me a dumbass does not incentivize me.
Beardedgeek72
Since realizing Trump might win didn't, I doubt anything will. I just assume you are a lost cause for real.
Comet260
Yeah I'm a lost cause for not choosing between the senile molesters. Thanks for your input.
Beardedgeek72
No problem. Always a pleasure talking to people who do not deserve living in a democracy.
drunkcat
It's not about incentivizing you, it's about making themselves feel better.
Attaroo
Nah, you can't fix stupid. All you can do is laugh at it is so other's learn from the mistakes. You will get worse if you don't
Attaroo
participate - if you haven't learned that lesson now, you are beyond hope.
drunkcat
Considering Biden is the DNC nominee, I don't think anything was learned.