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If you're an adult American you're responsible for the American government regardless of whether or not you voted for it. It feels to me that nuanced discussion around this point is an effort in deflecting that responsibility.
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is pepsi ok posted:I don't think this is correct based on the conclusions of Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page's famous study on policy preferences vs policy outcomes. Oh I wholly agree we have no CONTROL, but we're still responsible for the government. None of the control, any benefits from the government are incidental at best, and yet we're still responsible for it.
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Feb 14, 2024 20:59
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Civilized Fishbot posted:What's the difference between "good" and "morally valuable"? I respectfully disagree. In the end, it's a democracy, flawed and corrupted and forged on innumerable lies and depravations... but it's our democracy.
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Feb 15, 2024 03:39
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hooman posted:I don't assume they know why I am withholding my vote at all. I am saying to withhold votes from candidates that are bad and give them to candidates that are good. I am not saying to never vote, but to only vote for good candidates in order to change the overall grouping of views within the party. That is the only way we (as non super donors) can influence the views of the party or feed back to them. For most people, when considering national offices, only voting for good candidates is functionally equivalent to not voting.
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