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      Maybe there are multiple branches of government making decisions and not only the white house cabinet, it’s kind of hard for anyone to get legislation through two chambers of congress when you’re effectively a minority in both. Which happens when they don’t get enough votes.

      So yeah. Fucking yourself over.

      That’s even without mentioning how republican rule makes things even worse. For everyone, but especially women and minorities.

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          Did you really think we vote away facism? You really think we live in a fucking democracy because we get to vote every two years?

          While voting rights are eroding and distribution of power is a problem, do you really think this is what a dictatorship looks like?

          living in your shitty white settler regime

          I’m not American, nor do I live in the US.

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          im a trans woman, i kinda fucking know this. Im just not going to put faith in the US government

          Are your state legislators or governor on the ballot? They are the ones that are chipping away at rights.

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              Then vote against them. We have two parties, fascist trending, and hodgepodge of non fascist trending.

              Judging by how you have been commenting literally all night in US time, with a large portion of your posts about how the US sucks, with a 7 hour old account, I wonder if you aren’t a foreign Psy op, but I guess it’s possible that you’re a night shifter. The comment about Biden and abortion doesn’t sound like someone who knows about US politics and government. You seem to take issue with voting. High voter turnout usually means Dems win. We know which party certain world leaders prefer…

              Given all that and how we literally have an election tomorrow, the evidence just screams Psy Ops. I’m sincerely sorry if I am wrong, but it is like finding someone at a murder scene covered in blood, holding a weapon, that doesn’t like the victim, at a time when most people are in bed.

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                  The US has done some terrible things, genecide more than once. I’m not a huge fan of the Democrats either, but right now they are the lesser of the two evils and a pretty broad party. First past the post voting inevitably leads to two parties.

                  Saying both parties are the same is complete bullshit. Assuming you really just live in Hawaii, you can continue to spread your not voting nonsense and help the party that just elected a speaker that would be just fine forcing everyone to be a Christian and denies humans role in the climate situation. Speaking of that, this is a climate community. Let’s not derail discussions with some unrelated political issues.

                  Sure things suck in a lot of ways. You don’t think voting matters, what is your alternative?

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      I lost abortion under biden, where is the oh so heroic dems when we need that back.

      Abortion was last due to Trump’s THREE SCOTUS picks.

      One of the reasons, if not the reason the GOP wins is they show up.

      Speaking of Biden, it isn’t a presidential election. More than likely you’re going to have loads of local offices. These offices decide things like zoning, which makes a big difference for quality of life and the environment.

      What’s your objective? Are you trying to dissuade people from voting or something? Again, if people actually showed up, the GOP would not hold many offices anywhere.