As a 40 year old voter I can say things have changed. Gay people can get married. They couldn’t when I was younger. I was about to lose my healthcare at work during Bush but it hasn’t been a concern since.
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2024
129 points (77.9% liked)
memes
22768 readers
185 users here now
dank memes
Rules:
-
All posts must be memes and follow a general meme setup.
-
No unedited webcomics.
-
Someone saying something funny or cringe on twitter/tumblr/reddit/etc. is not a meme. Post that stuff in !the_dunk_tank@www.hexbear.net, it's a great comm.
-
Va*sh posting is haram and will be removed.
-
Follow the code of conduct.
-
Tag OC at the end of your title and we'll probably pin it for a while if we see it.
-
Recent reposts might be removed.
-
No anti-natalism memes. See: Eco-fascism Primer
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
Gay people can get married because queer people agitated for that right for decades, and they finally got influential enough that they could not be ignored. It had nothing to do with who was in power. It wasn't because they voooted. The people who were in power were against gay marriage until the conditions demanded that they weren't.
Had the people in power not pivoted then agitation would have escalated until someone else got into power and pivoted.
no one voted on approving gay marriage; it became legal because of decision from the the supreme court that invalidated doma.
the closes thing that makes your statement true is the respect for marriage act; which came 8 years after doma was invalidated and whose only real power is to give anti-gay bigots legal protections, since the supreme court already decided against anti-gay marriage laws.
My statement is that gay marriage, like all civil rights, was not won by voting, but because of agitation from a large group of people. The fact that it got instuted thru the supreme court furthers this argument, it does not lessen it.
As a 40 year old voter I can say things have changed.
Why are there so many lemmy dorkfucks in here? wtf...
load more comments
(15 replies)
Dear libs: How many dead Palestinian kids will it take for you to stop voting blue?
Voting while living in third world country is literally a waste of paper.
Idk we managed to get a center-left third party into power, something I don’t think will ever happen in the US
load more comments
(5 replies)
The problem is not voting itself. It is the bourgeois "democracy" framework it is often implemented in, which provides safeguards against change.
Here’s the thing. You can do both (vote and protest or revolt, etc.). Maybe voting won’t do anything but not voting definitely won’t.
A no-vote is a vote of no confidence in the system. I'll continue to vote in every presidential election, and it would be better if non-voters would instead vote for a third party like Green, PSL, or even whatever Cornell West is doing now. But i no longer blame anyone for not voting.
load more comments
(14 replies)
The problem is not voting. Is believing voting is the only thing to do to enforce democracy and civil rights.
The problem is not voting. Is believing voting is the only thing to do to enforce democracy and civil rights.
I don't get the point. So instead of voting, we should hope for some lovely dictator that takes power and hope everyone in country loves that person? What′s the alternative? Just because change of government doesn't magically fix all the problems does not mean you should not vote.
Go ahead and vote but don't think it solves large-scale problems in America where every legislator is bought and paid for
I read this in a Dutch accent