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Get out and vote! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Politicians do what it takes to get elected. Period.

What part of that confuses you?

Nelson Rockefeller was one of the richest men in America. He thought he was a shoo-in to be the GOP candidate in 1968. Nixon had no big backers and was seen as a loser by the media.

Except Nixon had spent all his time after his California Sneate race loss working 24/7 for every GOP candidate he could find. He made speeches, raised money, helped organize, and when he went into the 1968 convention, he ran rings around what the establishment wanted.

Money is huge in politics, but organization can beat it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So you're telling me with enough organization within the system we can swap a piece of shit for a piece of shit? Sign me tf up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So, if voting doesn't matter, why is the GOP working so hard to deny people the right to vote?

https://youtu.be/t0e9guhV35o

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Don't put words in my mouth. If what you took from the last however many comments is that I'm saying "voting useless", I don't think you're qualified to have this conversation in the first place.

But to answer your question, they will bend whatever laws they have to to keep themselves in power. I don't know why you thought that showing an example of how fucked the US voting system is is a point in favor of it.