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minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoYou can’t throw away your only voice and then complain about not being heard. You don’t vote, then you get exactly what you voted for, what other people want.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI’m not talking about people who don’t vote, I’m talking about people who don’t vote for anti-choice Republicans but live in red states. It didn’t work out so well for them, did it?
minus-squareLemmysMum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWell that comes back to things like gerrymandering, first past the post, non-preferential voting, no mandatory voting. You get what you vote for, if the people who want what you want don’t vote then don’t complain that those who did vote got what they voted for.
You can’t throw away your only voice and then complain about not being heard.
You don’t vote, then you get exactly what you voted for, what other people want.
I’m not talking about people who don’t vote, I’m talking about people who don’t vote for anti-choice Republicans but live in red states. It didn’t work out so well for them, did it?
Well that comes back to things like gerrymandering, first past the post, non-preferential voting, no mandatory voting.
You get what you vote for, if the people who want what you want don’t vote then don’t complain that those who did vote got what they voted for.