• SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Watching USians convince each other that just voting represents an adequate level of civic engagement is weird and disturbing.

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        1 day ago

        it would be if voting was a more complicated system than “things get worse? (y/n)”

        we would need a direct democracy, i think, in order to have a society that requires only from us to vote, and even then there’s the matter of that someone needs to carry out the results of those votes. so even in a direct democracy, we would likely need to discuss politics, make plans together, resolve conflicts, and address immediate needs in our communities