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The Fig Economy

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Aside from his noxious this is, let’s address the piece of it designed to appeal to those on the left: that voting is pointless. It’s based on one big honking lie: namely that the only point of voting is to be able to make the decision all by yourself.

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Scruffo/Brody Ambrosius's avatar Scruffo/Brody Ambrosius @scruffopone.bsky.social
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If the NYT told me and people like me not to vote, out of pure spite we'd vote even more.

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Candice Douglas's avatar Candice Douglas @cjpdouglas.bsky.social
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Yes, your vote is a drop in the bucket, but how else do you plan on filling the bucket if not with many drops? Voting is always important.

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James Felix Black's avatar James Felix Black @tft.io
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It's just consumerism. It's the corrosive, toxic effect of the market as metaphor, and is utterly repellent and antisocial.

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Patricia Shannon's avatar Patricia Shannon @patriciashannon.bsky.social
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I would cancel my NY Times subscription if it weren't the best place I have found for getting detailed breakdowns of election results.

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The Fig Economy's avatar The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social
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Which, notably, means that everybody who voted your way then *also* made the decision all by *themself* as well.

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BeefReeferLives's avatar BeefReeferLives @beefreeferlives.bsky.social
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Why is Artie Sulz so fucking thirsty for another tRump presidency???

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∞ Monkeys's avatar ∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social
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I assume Walther is an attention seeking idiot, but what valuedoes the NYT think is in publishing this? They really are trying to kill democracy.

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Petulant toddlers, the lot of them

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