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  • crusa187@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlCurious
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    5 months ago

    How to drive voter turnout and create more sides so we’re not just left with two absolutely garbage choices every time:

    Get rid of fucking first past the post. Ranked choice is by far more democratic, and some states have already implemented it to great success. Let’s go already, this needs to be the national standard.





  • I agree with your sentiment, and here’s why I think it hasn’t yet happened - a strong progressive leader wouldn’t be beholden to the types of bribery and corruption commonly used to control political figures. So, the corporate media (primary benefactors of the bribe money via advertising dollars), never platforms emerging progressive candidates. One, because they don’t have unlimited PAC money to spend on ads, and two, because they’re afraid the progressive would overturn the apple cart and change the system which presently benefits them tremendously.

    Just imagine how easily a strong progressive could get elected if given 24/7 free media coverage like Trump gets! They won’t get that though, so I think the answer is to organize - we have to choose the right candidate to win, and rally around them years in advance of an upcoming election to get enough grassroots momentum and fundraising in place to break through. No small task, but I’m hopeful this will happen in the next couple of election cycles due to the growing discontent as more people realize just how badly we’ve been screwed and lied to by the establishment.













  • crusa187@lemmy.mltoRisa@startrek.websitePhysical pain
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    11 months ago

    Been quite a while since I’ve seen this one, but I think this is the episode where Kirk and Spock fight each other. They fall prey to some alien influence and it makes them turn violent. Which kinda makes this meme even funnier tbh, since that’s a relatively rare trope in trek universe (although each series has done something similar at least once).