• darq@kbin.social
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    Remember that politics can be changed with votes. Tax them to finance change.

    I agree the wealthy need to pay a lot more in tax than they currently do.

    They also have disproportionate control over the electoral process in many countries, and most political parties are not even considering taxing them to the extent that they need to be taxed. Nor are most political parties challenging our capitalist society in any significant sense.

    Voting is important, but don't expect voting alone to solve our problems.

    It’s difficult, but blaming billionaires takes away our agency.

    No it does not. Sod off with that. Correctly identifying a major contributor to an issue does not take away agency.

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          1 year ago

          How about direct action to make citizens vote in a coordinated way?

          But you must have other direct actions in mind. Which ones?

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              1 year ago

              Why strikes and mass protests? Vote accordingly and let the law drive the change.

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                1 year ago

                Because voting alone doesn't work, as evidenced by the fact that it hasn't worked over decades of us trying, you stupid wanker.

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                  People have tried to fly for centuries. The nonexistance proofs nothing. It just indicates that it is not easy.

                  Voting doesn't work because voters are like internet users, they are a given. Citizens have to offer their votes like lobbyists offer money to have an influence.

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                    Voting alone also doesn't work because the options provided and the specifics of the voting system are decided by people who have an incentive to rig them in their favour. You cannot vote for options that are not allowed.

                    Hence needing to vote, and do more outside of voting, rather than sheepishly just doing the same thing for decades while it fails over and over again.