The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.

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    1 year ago

    The United States is not a democracy. In 2016, a man who lost the general election was illegitimately installed as president under the guise of some imaginary lines having more meaning than the actual, objectively factual will of the people as measured through a democratic vote. Unless you’re in a swing state, who you vote for doesn’t matter at all.

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      There are many types of democracies, and we live in a representative democracy which is very much a democracy.

      There is exactly 1 direct democracy on the planet. Costa Rica is close but not quite.

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        Even ignoring how your vote doesn’t matter if it’s not a swing state, your vote is also worth many times more or less both for legislators and the president depending on which state you live in. That’s not a democracy. In order for weighted votes to count as a democracy, you would also have to count much more strongly weighted votes, like if for example, billionaires’ votes were worth a million times that of the average Joe.

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          That’s like saying your vote doesn’t matter if you have a minority opinion so democracy doesn’t exist at all. It’s a bullshit line of reasoning.

          Also your vote is extremely important at the local level. Our housing crisis is entirely a local voting issue.

          A billionaires vote counts for exactly the same as yours. Sorry to break your bubble.

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            I feel like you skimmed my message instead of actually reading it, so I’ll give you a chance to reread it.

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              No your post is just nonsense people repeat as part of the general American zeitgeist of “can’t trust government.” It has no basis in reality.

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      I agree with your first two sentences and then the train just jumps the tracks and plummets down a ravine. There’s all kinds of ways who you vote for matters. Complete disengagement like what you’re suggesting puts us on the fast track to fascism and nihilism.

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        Sorry, who you vote for as president* doesn’t matter. Local elections can still have a big impact on your life and you can influence them directly.