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

submitted 11 months 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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[–] argo_yamato@lemm.ee 59 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Voting straight Democrat. The republican party is the biggest threat to the US right now.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is the argument every single election. Every time, for decades, and yet things get continually worse.

I'd argue the belief that voting for an establishment party is any kind of a long-term solution is the biggest threat. By all means do it if it'll help a little in the short term, but the ship's still sinking.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

Short term is all anyone cares about, from government to corporations to individuals. Which is why I only give this country another 50 years, tops.

[–] BennyHill500@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

maybe-later-kiddo

[–] furrious09@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

While I agree in my dislike for the current Republican Party, the attitude of blindly voting for your team because the other is evil is exactly what my (late) fox-addicted grandfather used to uphold. I loved the man, but I think we ought to do better and do the hard work of researching every candidate and choosing the best, be it democrat, republican, or independent.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gave you and upvote to get you back off zero and agree with your general sentiment.

But - the elections since Trump took the ROC convention have all been different - we must get rid of all the R's we can no matter what at the local, state and national level as soon as possible now that the have proven to be an existential threat to democracy itself.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 11 months ago

American Democracy is fucked. It needs to go away.