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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

voting wont solve any of these by the way

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It'll do more than not voting.

[–] LemmySuxNow@reddthat.com -1 points 5 hours ago

Will it?

I'm not saying don't vote, everyone should vote, but do you actually think it will change anything?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah that's why billionaires spend so much money trying to suppress it. And you're helping them.

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 hours ago

Billionaires are not a monolith, and differing interests exist among them. By the way, the same billionaires fund both Dems and Republicans lol...

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Voting is why much of it is even happening so I think you are probably mistaken.

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml -3 points 10 hours ago

Voting has never, in US history, improved people's material conditions. Material conditions improved only through violent struggle and community organization. My, how the past has been whitewashed...