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[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At this point I vote just to say that I did. I don't expect voting is the way that America is going to fix its problems. We're voting in a two-party system where both sides do everything in their power to maintain the status quo. We simply do not have a seat at the table.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

There are some options:

grassroots voter advocacy, à la Stacey Adams
grow and build a viable third party by joining with Democrats during electoral college cycles (or, stay at the state level until big enough)
work with Democrats to propose, write, enact, and defend progressive policies that are wanted
skip the politics and go into media

Those are the only other non-violent, legal things I can think of atm to change it. Obviously I think the third is most viable, but mostly that’s from watching the others not work yet. New media continues to change structures though.