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Occupy Democrats is a merger of the goals and interests of Occupy with those of the Democratic Party.

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Do you agree??!!! (infosec.pub)

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Here's the problem with reality: It's neither fair nor sporting. Often, the practical, feasible options aren't good ones. Fall off a boat in the middle of the ocean? Your practical, feasible options are die now, or tread water for hours and die.

Reforming the voting system might compare to trying to swim a thousand miles to shore. But that's reality.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 0 points 4 days ago

If getting back on the boat is impossible for whatever reason (the analogy has to work, after all), the next best option for survival would inded be trying to swim. After that, treading water and hoping something will come to rescue you. Both require action on your part.

What I mean with practical, feasible options is ones that have at least a slight chance of improving things. Voting Bernie Sanders is a nice idea, but unless half the US suddenly come around to it, it's bound to be a wasted vote. Any vote that could have gone D but didn't (whether non-voter, 3rd party, R voter) is a vote that doesn't oppose the R bullshit.

Democrats are by no means a good choice, but the alternative is worse. Whether you just wanna tread water and hope things resolve on their own, or whether you wanna make an effort to swim to safety, both are better than letting the anti-democratic party drag you underwater.

Reality isn't fair indeed.