• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    What is happening is happening because people don’t vote and regularly allow right-wing shitheads to erode the government and society in bad faith, and George Carlin also said “wHy BoThEr VoTiNg?”

    So George Carlin was no messiah and no prophet.
    There are no messiahs. There are no prophets.
    Yet people insist on “if it’s not perfect and requires my patience and consistency, I’d rather eat shit than lift a finger once a year”.

    • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.worldOP
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      15 hours ago

      It’s an odd reaction many seem to share

      Simply recognizing a man’s work doesn’t elevate him to messiah or prophet

      Also, that bit about not voting goes hand in hand with this bit as well

      It boils down to the question of why vote if neither option will bring about real and lasting positive change?

      Just as it does in this bit that voting is only there to give the population the illusion of choice

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      13 hours ago

      Absolutely. People like George and Jon Steward are fantastic at shining a light at the bullshit, but their solution is either apathy or just laughing at the bullshit and moving on. Both are akin to giving up.

      All their bits should end up with the message don’t just vote, get involved in LOCAL government. Don’t just wait to vote for president and expect things to get better.

      The GOP controls everything because they started the local level, from city councils to librarians, these fuckers are everywhere