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[–] neidu4@piefed.social 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Someone found a spare machine at Yandex

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

To pull up 2017 posts where things have dramatically changed since then.

[–] NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

There's a queue for it.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isnt this the same in every democratic country? A political party is an organized group of people who share a common set of goals, values, whatever. They make their own rules, and who they decide to put up for election is entirely up to the organization by the rules they have set up for themselves.

Might be different in the US since you have a two party system and it seems that there is some official involvement in the elections of candidates

[–] majster@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To me this sounds somewhat similar to elections that happened in socialist dicatorships. People voted but not much to choose from.

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well. Thats an issue. You can only choose from people whom the organization has put up. Few people participate in organizations/parties.

But you are free to make your own party and nominate who ever you like. So I don't really agree with your statement.

It's easy to complain. How would you organize elections?

[–] majster@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It was a bit of tongue in cheek comment...but I agree that a mere possibility of change can restrain the rulers. Those socialist systems fell apart when people had option to disagree.

[–] NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago

Slava Ukraini

[–] tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

Well done comrade, you're doing your part! Once the shipment arrives, you will be paid handsomely in diesel.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

DO NOT give a dime to ActBlue. They will sell your info off to every single candidate that is running in any election- including ones that aren’t even anywhere remotely local to you.

And once they have you, you cannot be removed from their list even under threat of FCC contact and lawsuits.

The numbers that call/text you are ghosted numbers so blocking them is pointless and the emails are spammed and the source cannot be blocked.

The DNC is about as corrupt and predatory as any scam that’s out there.

Donate personally to the candidate and do not use ActBlue. As it is, it has been suggested to me that I look into starting a class action suit against them.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hate it because it goes both ways. IE the worse part is it more or less doesn't give a way to get proof.

IE the long and short of it is "we don't have to go to court and spend the money to argue if we ran a fair election, because the law doesn't require us to run a fair primary".

IE it's not "we cheated but we're allowed to cheat", it's "we're allowed to cheat... so we don't have to spend money proving that we didn't". Sadly that's a key problem with the laws in general, or the party system in general.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago

IE IE EI EI O

[–] flyingSock@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

Having the eight to do something and it being right to do something are two different concepts.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

its telling when THE DNC refuses to do anything about the 16 and 24 election inteference investigation, THEY KNEW, they dint care because they benefitted from it.

[–] Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip -1 points 3 days ago

Talk about saying the quiet part out loud