@pixelpusher220

the pridefully #ignorant ones will endlessly blame shift away from their own #entitled #privileged indolence

the question is do they outnumber the ones who can have their eyes opened via the suffering they bring onto us by not #voting/ voting for #bigoted #plutocrat #malice

some have the bare minimum of heart to go "i was wrong"

if they are not enough? too late?

then we are truly fucked

#maga #voters, #nonvoters: i absolutely despise you

@pliny

No

Because you frame it as

1. Punishing centrist dems

2. Expecting them to be perfect before you vote

What you do is you ignore that toxic waste

Then you show up in the #primaries #primaries2026 and replace them

The #Democrats are an empty vessel

Fill them with your will

Don't listen to toxic #socialMedia "the Democrats suck so I won't show up"

Of course they suck!

And?

Do you see the #psyop that only helps #Trump?

If your reasoning results in inaction *you* fucked up

@pliny

Fuck #Schumer

Nobody is normalizing or accepting Schumer the spineless turd

The problem is arguments to not #vote and give us #Trump

That choice matters more than your point

Meanwhile, until #midterms #midterms2026, we #primaries2026 the fuck out of these centrist milquetoast centrist corporatist shit dems

And if someone doesn't vote in the #primaries?

Then they can shut the fuck up because actions speak louder than words on their supposed ideals

Show the fuck up #America

Fight!

@ciggysmokebringer @mloxton @violetmadder

that's right #primaries2026 is when we fix this

and, in your insistence on rational coherent choice having no meaning, and a need for an emotional hook, i think i will therefore be swearing and getting angrier a whole hell of a lot more

@504DR @mloxton @violetmadder @KathyLK @bitsnpieces @the5thColumnist

Whatever

As long as we all show up in the #primaries2026 like a fucking mad mob and kick these centrist milquetoast #democrats out

@Veirling @violetmadder @KathyLK @bitsnpieces @the5thColumnist @mloxton

who gives a fuck

i will accept no argument that says we're up against omnipotent endlessly powerful centrist #democrats

stop being snowed by their supposed infinite strength

they are weak

pulverize them, kick them out

take over the party

@KathyLK

i agree #democrats need a stronger backbone

however i disagree with this phenomenon:

1. #republicans do something awful

2. people blame democrats for not stopping it

let's keep our blame game squarely focused on the #right where it belongs, while we also makeover the democrats in the #midterms with more strong #left #candidates

@mcv @firebreathingduck

most of our problems are from #MAGA

but MAGA gets an assist from #toxicidealism on the #left that has no fucking clue how our #voting system works

you have to show the fuck up, especially in #primaries2026, and move the #democrats to you

not voting means democrats weaken and #republicans strengthen and do more damage

voting 3rd party does not work in #fptp voting: #duvergerslaw. so work to get #rcv. *then* you can vote 3rd party freely

@profdc9 @Steve @gwm @WAHa_06x36 @baconandcoconut

partially true

at one time both #GOP and #democrats begrudgingly listened to voters and got us #rankedchoicevoting

that's why we have it in #maine, #nyc, #alaska, etc

but recently the #republicans, since they are all about #votersuppression to win, took a hard line against #rcv:

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans

so the way forward is to vote for, in the #primaries2026 and the general #election, democrats that support rcv

make it an issue

@benroyce

@Defarge @TheBestLeiya @htpcnz @JuliusGoat

Unfortunately primaries are not really democratic. It's shocking that so many people were actually surprised that Bernie Sanders did not get a fair shake in the Democratic primary in 2016. He's not a Democrat, he's an independent.

Primaries are a system designed by the political parties.

If we really want voter choice, you know my answer by now.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING.

@GottaLaff

turnout in 2016 was 60%

turnout in 2020 was 67%

these are the fruits of #republican lies malice and #bigotry: they piss us off and we show up

i want to see 75% voter turnout in 2024

all of our problems go away when people #vote

and just imagine if we show up in the #primaries2026 like we do in the presidential vote!

people are always complaining about politics, but you need to bleeping vote! that's the only useful complaint

@bolson

agreed 100%

we can go deeper

the #GOP used to be ambivalent, even helpful about #rcv #rankedchoicevoting like alaska

but national #republican ghouls noticed the problem:

they are for #votersuppression, not enhancing our choices. and so they banned it:

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans

now the #democrats aren't exactly in love with rcv, but there has been successes: maine, nyc, etc

so we must vote #democrat and push them to install rcv. make it an issue in #primary elections #primaries2026