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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Voting is a tool in a democracy. The american government is doing everything they can do to make sure you never have to vote again.

Also, with hundreds of cases where autocracy was defeated through violence, and bringing up 1 example where voting was successful isn't exactly inspiring.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

It is a more recent example than any of the others, so even if it's just one case, it's worth highlighting as a counter to OP's posting spree suggesting that voting isn't effective.

I already said that voting isn't mutually exclusive from violence or anything else. The process of it takes a couple hours out of one or two days, the primary and election day to go stand in line, or to order and mail your ballots. Technically speaking, even if in the USA's case the state can jail and disenfranchise you, chances are getting a conviction will take a while.

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