• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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      Do both. DO BOTH. One does not preclude the other. In fact by building the best future you can with your vote you leave space to do the other.

    • EightBitBlood@lemmy.world
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      Organize to do what outside of electorlism?

      Asking because I’m genuinely curious what you feel is more affective than voting in how we can each contribute to avoiding genocide.

      Within legal means of course. Because I’m certainly in support of deposing fascists and oligarchs.

      Taking Orban as evidence, this can certainly be achieved through voting in even the most rigged of elections.

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          19 hours ago

          One small improvement like this one, made every voting cycle, will eventually lead to wherever you want to move those goal posts.

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            How can you possibly believe this in 2026? Tell me, which western liberal democracy hasn’t seen living standards be destroyed, welfare hollowed out, and worker rights disintegrated over the past 20 years? Tell me one single western liberal democracy where the people are consistently making gains and are happy with their government