• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is what I asked you:

    Feel free to take a break from the endless sarcasm and let us know what course of action you think people should be taking and what would get them to take it.

    You have answered neither of those things. You just told me how you expected people to think. That was not the question. You brought up actions earlier, not thoughts.

    You don’t actually have any actions for people to take, do you?

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      2 days ago

      You demand hand holding and spoon feeding.

      You would never be a useful ally, but I’m sure you will serve the status quo establishment well.

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        2 days ago

        You are correct. Contrarianism does not require allies.

        Allies are needed for people who have plans of action, something you lack.

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          He has concepts of a plan lmao

          Seriously though, fuck the two party system. Vote blue in 2024 and then work to enact ranked choice voting. That’s a start. There are a lot of things we need to change (e.g., gerrymandering, corporate capture, legal bribery, insider trading in Congress) but those things will never happen when both parties maintain the status quo.

          Yes, both parties. Dems play lip service and then don’t do much outside the norm. (To be fair, Republicans don’t even pay lip service.) We need actually progressive Congresspeople/POTUS in Washington, and that’s not happening without abolishing first past the post.