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minus-squareModestMeme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down3·7 days agoMass movements can do lots of things, but we can’t even get a majority of people to vote…
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-27 days agoBecause people don’t feel represented in the current FPTP voting-system, which to be fair, was designed by wealthy romans to benefit wealthy romans.
minus-squaregranolabar@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 days agoVoting is how we got here… Political proces and utterly captured Otherwise we would have had Bernie 2016. I am tired of political clowns pretending like politics is the solution, it is key part of the problem. Did you see how politicians are reacting here. Besides Bernie that is
minus-squareMyOpinion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·7 days agoWe can get a majority of those that do vote to vote for Trump so I am not that hopeful.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 days agoI can’t even get a plurality of people to agree that we should have a national strike.
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days agoAs it turns out, you only need like around 5% of the population to start a revolution (if even that amount). Revolutions have been started with even fractions of a percent.
Mass movements can do lots of things, but we can’t even get a majority of people to vote…
Because people don’t feel represented in the current FPTP voting-system, which to be fair, was designed by wealthy romans to benefit wealthy romans.
Voting is how we got here…
Political proces and utterly captured
Otherwise we would have had Bernie 2016.
I am tired of political clowns pretending like politics is the solution, it is key part of the problem.
Did you see how politicians are reacting here.
Besides Bernie that is
We can get a majority of those that do vote to vote for Trump so I am not that hopeful.
I can’t even get a plurality of people to agree that we should have a national strike.
As it turns out, you only need like around 5% of the population to start a revolution (if even that amount). Revolutions have been started with even fractions of a percent.