Not voting (in your election)

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Welcome to all not wanting to vote, not able to vote or just annoyed by the US presidential election taking over Lemmy and other social media.

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Actually, Voter Shaming Doesn’t Work | Democrats like to chastise leftists for not voting party line Democrat. That's not very persuasive. (jacobin.com)

submitted 5 months ago by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/notvoting@slrpnk.net

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In the political cosmology of something that calls itself the “Democratic Party,” it is now a widespread belief that support is owed from below rather than earned from above. Instead of building popular coalitions by seeking to represent the hopes, dreams, and interests of a democratic majority, a posture of absolute, uncritical deference toward elite politicians is presumed to be axiomatic — even when an election is still well over a year away.

I shared this on a different instance some months ago, but with this new instance open it might find a different reception.

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