@spread@programming.dev to Collapse@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoThis will definitely get me on a watchlistprogramming.devimagemessage-square137arrow-up11.13Kfile-text
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minus-square@thantik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig This is why voting is snake oil. And fuck, this is only 1 TINY video on the topic. There’s a whole iceberg of other reasons why voting is ineffective. FPtP, etc… And I’m also not talking about “resource usage” either. I’m talking about wealth-inequality.
minus-square@trailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 years agoIt’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Voters don’t affect change because there is no influence. Create a voting block and offer votes for dedicated policy changes and you will get the change that you want.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
This is why voting is snake oil.
And fuck, this is only 1 TINY video on the topic. There’s a whole iceberg of other reasons why voting is ineffective. FPtP, etc…
And I’m also not talking about “resource usage” either. I’m talking about wealth-inequality.
It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Voters don’t affect change because there is no influence. Create a voting block and offer votes for dedicated policy changes and you will get the change that you want.