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minus-square@KingOfSleep@lemmy.calinkfedilink33•edit-24 days agoAnd that’s why many people won’t vote. Defeatism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
minus-square@MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•4 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.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilink6•edit-24 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.
And that’s why many people won’t vote. Defeatism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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.
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.