• darthelmet@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    …and you’ll be doing so with someone who is slightly more likely to be concerned with their image, and hence slightly more likely to listen.

    Why would they be concerned with their image if people are going to vote for them anyway? We have a candidate who supports literal genocide and that’s not bad enough for people to do something. What exactly, precisely, practically, is the mechanism for holding a politician accountable when you will always vote for them and won’t take any actions outside the electoral system?