2026-10-19 17:56 UTC
Voting is the baseline. The absolute minimum effort required. Its the least effective yet simplest thing to do to fix things.
Anyone who doesn’t vote doesn’t get an opinion. But pretending that voting will magically fix everything on its own is equally dumb.
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@FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 2026-10-19 18:44
Given that voting doesn’t really affect policy (like at all, studies have shown this), I don’t think it can be considered the baseline. If you want to count yourself as politically active and not just passively acquiescing to the system, you have to be involved with organizing your community.
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@Jentu@lemmy.ml 2026-10-20 03:16
“thoughts and prayers are the baseline for gun control” and other supernatural beliefs meant to steer people away from actually changing anything