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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp last week

I've been shushing people who say there won't be free #elections in the #USA anymore

#Cynicism leads to #prematureCapitulation: "if the #vote is corrupt, why vote"

Americans are lazy about voting as it is. Weak whiny "the sky is falling!" statements just because malicious intent exists is enough to make some give up

Besides, elections are controlled by the states

On that note (they won't succeed):

" #Trump urges #Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting"

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-urges-republicans-nationalize-voting/story?id=129793658

ABC News

Trump urges Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting

President Trump called on Republicans to "nationalize" voting with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon.
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Extra_Special_Carbon
@Extra_Special_Carbon@mastodon.world replied  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@benroyce OK, but Democratic leaders need to show some evidence that they are taking these very real threats seriously. They need to get the message out. They need a strategy. Right now I hear very little about threats to our electoral process from them.

Democratic leadership failed in 2024 when it counted most. I don鈥檛 know why, but it is a fact. We can鈥檛 continue this. If something doesn鈥檛 change right now, we will lose again.

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@Extra_Special_Carbon

no

we ignore them

we just show up and vote fo who we want. in the primaries

we ignore dem "leadership"

why even care what they think? why make of them something? they are weak and irrelevant. ignore them

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Asbestos
Asbestos
@Asbestos@pnw.zone replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@benroyce
There is no one as tedious and annoying as the "both sides suck" "you're just voting for the lesser of two evils" edgelords

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Rupert V/
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@rupert@mastodon.nz replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@benroyce @Asbestos as if there's something wrong with wanting less evil.

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@rupert @Asbestos

Nevermind that a lesser evil is all you will ever get, in any timeline, in any country, in any election

Now and forever

If a literal demigod descended from the heavens with angels singing and ran in an election, typical politics would paint them as evil one way or another in contrived fashion, people would nod along in the usual lazy cynicism, and thus they would just be the lesser evil

Toxic idealists and mindless cynics are fucking stupid losers

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dlundh
@dlundh@mastodon.nu replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@Asbestos @benroyce also, even if true, why NOT vote for a lesser evil? 馃し

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@dlundh @Asbestos

Because if a candidate is not perfect I can't taint my perfect soul. And before I vote I have to feel like my vote is a statement of eternal love. Only then will I vote

Oh if I don't vote I help fascism win?

Well don't you know my holy self-regard and perfectionist ego masturbation is far more important than my entitled lazy inaction resulting in goons murdering people in the streets, donchaknow

馃ぎ馃ぎ馃ぎ

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Mastodon Migration
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@benroyce @dlundh @Asbestos

Don't hold back Ben, tell us what you really think. 馃槈

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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘 馃嚫馃嚛
@benroyce@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@mastodonmigration @dlundh @Asbestos

馃槀

I've got 50k such comments under my belt

I've got 200k more to go

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wry
@wry@mstdn.social replied  路  activity timestamp last week

@benroyce I keep telling people this is the real reason he keeps saying it. If everyone gives up hope then it doesn't matter if it's true or not.

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