And further, while voting is made difficult by those in power to protect their power base, it is far easier to convince people to vote than to fight a war.
Also, voting doesn't mean you can't still protest or do other forms of organization.
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I'm just gonna leave this here:
"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
Everyone I know involved in nonviolent protests is also currently fighting legal battles for people who got hospitalized unprovoked by police at said legally organized nonviolent protests.
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But but but, I thought the guns... I was promised it solved things.
it would if the people who wanted tyrants dead were also the people who bothered to own guns and attempt insurrections.
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I dunno. I think blackjack and hookers would go a long way actually.
Blackjack & Hookers?
Shouldn't be too hard to build a society around blackjack and hookers. Blackjack is how the government is run and the government is run by hookers.
I'm rapidly approaching the point where I don't care if anyone has a plan or not.
A general strike for 2 weeks. Will bring the economy to near destruction and force change
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Americans were bred not to fight for anyone except the master. There is no real God(s) here.