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If you don't choose which you'd prefer, the rest of us will choose for you. It's Trump or Harris. It is inevitable. You can choose to stand on one side, or you can choose to let it happen.
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TheBitcoinBattery 1y ago

It's sad that you think you actually have a choice at all. Really, the fact that we only ever have 2 - 20 people to pick from (depending on if you count the primaries or not) is proof you don't get to choose. It's an illusion of choice. The wealthy only fund campaigns that either way further their interests. Good luck running a successful campaign on actual change, because the people it would benefit the most have the least money and are struggling to just survive.

Statistically your vote is at best about as likely to affect the outcome of the election as you are to be struck by lightning in a given year, at worst it's much less likely than that.

These elections are more America's reality TV show anymore than able to affect actual change in our government.

Welcome to election season! Who will you pick out of the less than 2 dozen people the wealthy fund??? Your vote matters! Except it really doesn't.

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TheOneWithAReallyLongName 1y ago

It's true that no candidate advocating for sweeping change is going to get the financial backing. But incremental change is better than nothing at all, and every single election, we get the chance to decide if we slide backwards a bit. Sometimes, the alternative is to hold steady, sometimes we get lucky and get a small bump in the right direction, sometimes we get real unlucky and we only get to decide how far back we slide. But every single time, the consequences matter, and over a lifetime, those small gains can add up to meaningful change.

Or you can give up, opt out, and let the rich have their way, which is to fuck you even harder. Your call, I guess.

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TheBitcoinBattery 1y ago

I do opt out, with ₿. By owning and holding ₿ for the long term, I'm voting for a system that leads to a better way of life. And I'm supporting companies and people around the world who choose the same. The only way to win, is to not play their game.

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TheOneWithAReallyLongName 1y ago

I think those are all great steps to take. I just don't think it's a binary choice between systems to influence. The changes bitcoin will bring are going to take time to arrive. Years. Maybe decades still to fully realize the potential. Until then, the system we have now is going to seriously impact people's lives, and we're given the occasional chance to nudge it for better or worse. Just because we have hope on the horizon doesn't mean we should stop maintaining what we already have, even if it isn't all that we want or deserve.

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TheBitcoinBattery 1y ago

It is getting exceedingly difficult to see redeeming qualities of either option unfortunately.

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TheOneWithAReallyLongName 1y ago

One side wants #Project2025 enacted and one doesn't, I'd say that's a big enough difference to make a choice