cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16451158
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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Americans are truly a lost cause if they still think voting will get them out of this.
You need to organize yesterday and actively resist in a militant way paving the way for real democratic institutions by and for the people. Yet you still fail to see that the whole system is designed to keep you ignorant, enjoying the bread and circuses until you get to make a vote that changes absolutely nothing every 4 years and then go home satisfied that you practiced your democratic rights under capitalism. And you also fail to realize the severity of the situation you're in, any other country would be rioting right now but you're out there filming shit with the hope that some magic entity will step in and save you, or complaining about it on the internet.
Wake the fuck up Americans, for the sake of the rest of the world and yourselves as well.
how about vote AND riot?
Anyone who pretends like these two things are mutually exclusive, is either a fascist, or the fascist's useful idiot.
Or someone without any useful context who spend their entire day arguing on lemmy. That's the case with 90% of the people on Lemmy who tell someone not to vote.
"That’s the case with 90% of the people on Lemmy who tell someone not to vote."
can you substantiate it or are you just vibe-commenting?
You can isolate people's reasoning clearly enough.
it sounds like you're making it up
It sounds like it's something that's unfalsifiable in the absence of active disagreement and since it doesn't fit with your idea of the world you'd rather attack it.
a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence
I never argued that you couldn't.
you haven't argued anything at all. you e made an unsubstantiated claim
Also called an anecdote, an experience I was sharing with someone else, not to say I have conducted an experiment of scientific rigor and have arrived at this result but to say in my time here I have recognized this trend. Only I don't speak like that because it's plenty clear from context. Then you attacked it with your own anecdote. So I think the more interesting question is why it bothered you so much that I often find people engage in politics without useful context.
I haven't given any anecdotes. I'm asking you to substantiate your claim
edit: whoops didn't mean to reply twice thought the first one didn't post
It wasn't a claim it was an anecdote, it's a mismatch in communication expectations and I understand the confusion. I stand by my lived experience and expect it to be treated as nothing more than it is.
That being said you shouldn't look for rigor in social media or get your facts from there if you treat the comments as you seem to, which is to say expecting scientific rigor that's bad practice. If I was making such a claim I would link to a primary source but again the is a casual conversation on social media. I think you expectations may be onerous for the medium.
I think "Americans are truly a lost cause if they think ONLY voting will get them out of this." is more accurate.
If a citizen has a right to vote, he/she should exercise that right. It's a good habit to get into. You shouldn't pick and choose which votes might count and which might be marginalized.
Participation is foundational to civic duty. If you don't participate, sit the fuck down.
The only problem with what you're saying is it isn't going to happen.
Americans aren't going to do a revolution.
Not happening.
I'd love for us all to take up arms and end this bullshit, as intended. Not gonna happen though.
It's like getting everyone to commit to a general strike, which would be a really great non-violent way to force change. Not gonna happen though. We don't have that kind of solidarity.