Congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation that would immediately cut interest rates to 0 percent for all 44 million student loan borrowers in the U.S.  While the Student Loan …
  • tara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    11 months ago

    Even small gains save lives, and pretending the Democrats are identical to Republicans is disingenuous at best. Don’t be immature, vote. Direct action can happen in parallel, but wasting your influence only enables your enemies. You’d be foolish to think otherwise, and waste time arguing against your own interest.

    • sadreality@kbin.social
      311·
      11 months ago

      Voting for democrats or republicans is against my interest while providing legitimacy to the two party regime.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
        31·
        11 months ago

        while providing legitimacy to the two party regime.

        I don’t think this matters a whole lot when the two party system is older than you are.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
        42·
        11 months ago

        That’s great news for most Americans as they clearly do not share your interest. Democracy seems to be working.

        Your personal next step should be convincing others you’re right, if possible, not pursuing minority rule.