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primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 5 weeks agookay but how are you going to pressure them AFTER you vote, because if you’ve got no plan, there’s no point legitimizing their bullshit.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Sorry if I was unclear, I meant that you should be voting down ballot for people that are vocal about putting pressure on the higher ups, or have the power to put in local reforms that have cascading effects to a wider state/national level. Your state representatives, your municipal councils of government, your schoolboard representatives, a lot of places have those elections tied to presidential elections, and low voter turn out hurts a LOT because those are less gerrymandered and more likely to swing progressive if more people turn out to vote.
Many people think that voting for the “right” presidential candidate is how we’re going to get change, but there is just too much money concentrated at the top for it to ever happen post-Jimmy Carter. They will always more likely be milquetoast centrists to outright fascists, depending on the party.
Of course this is all my opinion.
primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
local elections SHOULD matter, but under the thumb of the government anything good you try to do will be banned. BDS stuff, muni broadband, walkable urbanism, whatever, will be banned at a higher level where it’s more cost effective to buy politicians.