Except that it has historicaly made things better, sure, not in massive scale votes, but in smaller votes? In local elections? I fully agree that protests are necessary, and they are alot of what causes positive change, but that doesn’t render voting completely useless. In the current systems that exist, capitalism does turn large votes into what is essentially a dick measuring contest. But in smaller scale, local votes there is less money being put into the system, so voting becomes more impactful.
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While I agree with you, there is no harm in voting, there is always a chance, no matter how small, that it will make things better.
Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
politics @lemmy.world•Tim Walz says he may run for president in 2028 despite failure of Harris campaign
2·1 year agoHe frequently stated during Harris’ campaign that he would support Isreal.
I was one of the leaders of the big fuck spez on r/place, would have been a bit hypocritical if I’d stuck around after the that.
Edit: probably should add a photo

Carefully now, you’re on lemmy.world so that doesn’t really apply.
Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do
232·2 years agoWhile you’re mostly right, it isn’t really half because we have this fun thing called the electoral college, that likes to make Republicans win.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why are so many Pro-Palestine (I am pro-Palestine and anti-genocide) Americans refusing to vote for Harris due to her stance on Israel?
32·2 years agoBoth of those are in essence a vote for trump. It is a binary choice.
Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
World News@lemmy.world•Indian airline tests feature that lets women book seats away from menEnglish
1·2 years agoI’d assume Indian airlines has an ID check,l and men aren’t going to get a surgery and go through the process of changing their legal gender just to creep on women. This is also the same argument used against trans people in the bathroom debate, and while you probably didn’t mean to, you are parroting the ideas of transphobes.


My point is that the rulers of a city or town might not be capitalists. In smaller scale elections, people can actually have a real choice to vote for a socialist, or communist, or other similar left wing leader.
Off the top of my head (and without researching this further) simple things like minimum wage increases have happened, and while it took alot of fighting, that is accomplished by voting. As far as I know, those aren’t typically financially very good for the rich who control the government. If I am incorrect about this, please correct me.
Also, I apologize, I am really not in the mood to do a bunch of research to find examples currently, if I remember about this in the future I will, but that is, unfortunately, far from a guarantee.