There is no technological solution. Only a political one. And I tell you already: voting is useless.

> And I tell you already: voting is useless.

If a low six figure number of people in a handful of states had voted last fall, none of the lawlessness that we’ve seen this year would have happened. The people telling you that voting is useless are enjoying the fruits of suckers believing them.

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Atreiden 4 days ago | parent [-]

> If a low six figure number of people in a handful of states

The key part being "in a handful of states". There are many states in the country in which your vote is all but meaningless at the federal level. The Electoral College + relentless Gerrymandering that has been done over the past decades ensures that only a small fraction of eligible voters can cast meaningful votes. Makes it much easier to target and propagadandize those smaller groups. We saw it play out with Cambridge Analytica, but there hasn't been another "scandal" of that sort because it's just established practice now. Everyone has their hand in the pot doing the same thing, it's all above belt.

You should still vote, because you can enact change at the local + state levels, but the levers of federal power have been taken from the people.

	▲	acdha 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You appear to be acknowledging that voting does matter, contrary to the previous sweeping claim. Second, while some states may be unlikely to change their choice of president or senator, the local level matters quite a lot AND that’s where electoral reform will happen. If you don’t like the two party status quo, if you don’t like the electoral college, giving up on voting ensures defeat whereas supporting things like ranked-choice voting or the The National Popular Vote reform.
	▲	glenstein 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I kind of agree but think the upshot is exactly the reverse. First, swing states do matter as you acknowledge, which has exactly the opposite implication. Second, yes, by all means let's move beyond the Electoral college. There are organizations working to get a majority to sign the popular vote interstate compact. Check if your state is signed on and if not, I promise there's an org working on it that needs your help. See? Same facts, but culminating in a call to action based on the premise that is affirmative of the value of democracy. If there was one person who mobilized this way for every ten who gave up in resignation it would be done already. But the battle against hedonic skepticism is hard.

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JKCalhoun 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> voting is useless

That also happens to be what the people in power would like you to believe.

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GLdRH 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How can you say that. Look at Trump.

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cowboylowrez 4 days ago | parent [-]

I think this "derelicta" is actually advocating for Trumps position here so I bet "derelicta" has already had a look at Trump lol

	▲	derelicta 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I am not. I just don't see a difference between Trump and Biden. Or Merz and Scholz. Or Lepen and Macron. All these people serve Capital, and you'd be very wrong to believe I stand with capitalists.