• mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 hours ago

    How naive can you be? You think your vote matters here?
    When every single district has been gerrymandered to death for 100 years, nobody’s vote really matters anymore.

    This is a very Russian mindset and exactly the kind of beliefs that created Putin. I’m not saying you support him, but I’m saying you are giving him your support either way.

    • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      It’s exactly the opposite of what created Putin. He came out of the KGB state security service with control over the elite and the powerful.

      How did those elite powerful get to be elite and powerful?

      They were the product of a powerful central government giving them said power.

      When the people are afraid of the government, there is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people there is liberty.