Tony Bark@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoSanders Says Every Republican Who Backed Trump-GOP Budget 'Must Pay a Price at the Ballot Box'www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareKingOfSleep@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 days agoAnd that’s why many people won’t vote. Defeatism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 days agoDefeatism was beaten into us by defeat after defeat after blatantly undemocratic defeat. And it’s just electoral defeatism. You can’t beat the master at his own game because he’s the one that makes the rules. Try a little revolutionary optimism instead.
minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoDing ding ding. These were the same exact people that helped Trump win. Democracy is still here, we just have to actually fucking participate in it.
And that’s why many people won’t vote. Defeatism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Defeatism was beaten into us by defeat after defeat after blatantly undemocratic defeat.
And it’s just electoral defeatism. You can’t beat the master at his own game because he’s the one that makes the rules.
Try a little revolutionary optimism instead.
Ding ding ding.
These were the same exact people that helped Trump win.
Democracy is still here, we just have to actually fucking participate in it.