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Americans of Lemmy, what is your approach to next year's election? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Jordan_Jordan@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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2020 was... truly unique. It was so hard to stay away from doom scrolling, and I (and many others) were pretty disillusioned by the sad fact that so much of our country legitimately supported the Orange Man. I didn't get a wink of sleep the night of the election because I genuinely considered it to be a make or break decision for America.

My point is that looking back on it, in the end the only real difference I made was at the ballet box. This year I'm going for the Head-in-the-Sand approach. I'm done with the political memes. Done with the Twitter screenshots. It just riles me up and this year I'm gonna do my best to fight that.

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, it is a waste. What does it accomplish? Making you feel superior while actually doing nothing. What does it not do? Prevent a literal public fascist who wants to be president for life and doesn't like democracy from coming into power.

This isn't even mentioning non-presidential votes. There are likely lots of local elections that need your help.

If you want to do something more than voting for something boring, get involved. Wasting your vote doesn't go towards changing anything, but there are ways to involve yourself that can.

[–] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll exercise my right to vote for whoever I want. It's honestly wild to have this argument with liberals every single year. The Dems don't deserve my vote just because I don't like the other guy and you aren't going to shame me into voting for their guy.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have the right to. Sure. You also have the right to burn your money. That doesn't make it useful. Do whatever you want, but stop pretending it's doing anything. If you want to make change happen you need to be involved outside of voting. If you want to prevent things from getting worse then voting for the right person can still have an effect.

[–] Sami_Uso@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not on here talking about the "change" I'm enacting by voting third party. I'm not pretending I'm doing anything except for voting for the candidate I believe in and I don't really see why it's such a controversial take on these boards.