• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    But but but I won’t vote in protest!1 That will definitely make them listen! (/s)

    PSA: Not voting means you have the relevance of an old man yelling at a cloud.

    You move the Overton window by voting. You want policy #857? You have to vote for policy #1 first. You have to walk before you can run.

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      6 months ago

      I just want one of the “You can’t vote for Biden!” people to outline what I should do instead. What’s the play here? Dismantle the government? Sure, outline your plan and let’s see if it has any merit. Protest? Great, tell me when and where but it doesn’t preclude the need to vote.

      They talk big, but if their entire plan begins with “don’t vote” and ends with “bitch about it online” then it’s not a great plan.

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            Is it fair to say that the overton window is only moving right when we are still making progress moving it left?

            The overton window isn’t a zero-sum measure. It can expand simultaneously in both directions. Given that we have nazis in the street now, I’d say it’s not correct to say that it’s moving only left either.

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          That has little to do with whatever political machinations are occurring and more to do with housing and necessities inflation driving labor pressure as a lagging inflation indicator.

          Think of it as a tectonic/landscape thing rather than the stupid games people happen to be playing on the landscape.

          Of course if any of them had their heads out of their own asses, or the asses of their owners, they might recognize this and start adapting…

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        6 months ago

        Lol you think Biden is right of Trump. Right well thank you for letting me know I don’t have to reply any further.

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            6 months ago

            I could sus it like you think Biden moved it right (lol), but that requires you ignore Trump would have actually moved it rght, which is exactly the Overton window is moving it as left as you can every step, but why the fuck am I bothering even with this you’ll just say but but but but but but Biden bad! I’m out.