this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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A Boring Dystopia
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Please enlighten me on how to make change then?
Organize. Chances are that there is only a small amount of overlap between what you want and either candidate.Thanks to the first pass the post voting system, it is likely that both candidates favor decreasing rights and increase in corporate power.
Try to get different voting systems set up. Spread information about the problems of first pass the post. Spread information about the issues you care about. Push for local candidates.
Lol sounds a lot like regular fucking democracy to me.
Yeah, it's a bit more than casting your vote and then going home, that is because our democracy is weak.
To be clear, if all you can do is vote, do that, it's fine, but meaningful change will not happen if everyone just votes.
Blow up a pipeline
Being able and willing to buy something increases its value. Being able and willing to engage the entity you are going up aganist will gain you the leverage.
Change happens at the second when you are 100% sure you are going to engage and they back down in the last second, completing the transaction.
Why are there no changes in todays society? Because people are complacent and are disincentivised from thinking ahead, long term.
Peaceful ginormous protests leak a lot of energy to act on long term plans. They also alert authorities way ahead of time. After that they are easy to control. Protesters set aim to be peaceful. Even though violence can increase, it will be a different curve due to the orderliness, giving room for the entity to wiggle out of a badly made decision before it is too late and try again tomorrow.
Tl;Dr: something for something, you dont get free meals.