• DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago
    1. i think the message for that song is “you can vote, but you may NOT be sure about who you voted”

    2. i assume by “genuine democracy”, you mean like-minded political parties in a coalition (or lack thereof). oh and the us is a two-party system that silences most third parties

    • Dirt_Possum [she/her, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      56 minutes ago
      1. The message of the song, confirmed by the lyrics you pasted, is the title itself. Vote… or don’t (because it doesn’t matter).
      2. It has nothing to do with “like-mindedness” it has everything to do with class interest. I thought you said you were a socialist. Do you know literally anything about Marxism? oh and no, the supposed “two” parties in the US both represent the same ruling class, you know, the fuckers that own the means of production under capitalism. You can call it “two” if you want, but you’re only displaying your ignorance to the fact that it’s just theater and both are two cogs in the same machine working in tandem to further the interests of the same class. Ever hear of the ratchet effect? Good cop/bad cop routine? Insert famous quote here:

      “The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.”

      • Julius Nyerere