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Comment today on Lemmy re: US election by NuXCom (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

"...doing nothing"

voting is literally the political opposite of doing nothing.

"your rigid pacifism crumbles into blood-stained dust,"

this quote is irrelevant; it is a wildly inaccurate analogy for actively voting.

"Sometimes you have to abandon your principles to protect them."

pffffff hAHaha sorry Chamberlain, but especially in politics, self-righteous groveling submission isn't as honorable or as effective as the fearful snakes hissing in your ear assure you it is.