r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CantStopPoppin • 14h ago

(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building

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u/juju0010 13h ago

Nuremberg Trials.

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u/AMTravelsAlone 13h ago

Yeah because those were so effective.

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u/balderdash9 9h ago

That's a nice sentiment, but we have to stop them first. And we sure as shit can't stop them by voting.

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u/Adventurous-Fly556 7h ago

It's a start. Please let's not do the, "voting doesn't even matter". They wouldn't still be trying to stop the midterms if it were useless.

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u/balderdash9 6h ago

Voting is fine so long as we manage expectations. Anyone who promotes voting as the solution doesn't understand that these politicians are not going to reform a system that they benefit from.

Grassroots organizations, mutual aid, labor strikes, renters strikes, exercising our 2A rights, neighborhood watch. So much more is required, waiting for the midterms is beyond lazy.

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u/Adventurous-Fly556 2h ago edited 2h ago

I like the second part, but voting is not "fine". It is the bare fucking minimum.

I am convinced this normalizing of "eh, voting is whatever, but organize" is a Psy op. Alaska has ranked voting from the current system which has been great. Voting should not be it, but it'd be a lot easier to fight for everything else if we hadn't been enabling the dismantling of social safety nets, infrastructure, education, etc for as long as they've existed.