We got one of those hate crime bills also. They don't do much. You know what Asians didn’t get? GOP types saying stop all hate. Stop Asian hate was a national rallying cry meanwhile Black lives will never matter to the GOP. The last cac that asked us what we got to lose fuct the country up pretty bad so we lost quite a bit. Thanks but no.
Thought Experiment: what would happen if Black Americans boycotted the two party system for ten years?
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you serious?do you know how many local, state, federal, county, parish, hood elections are going down without our input? when you look at the hard numbers of who voted vs eligible black folks who can vote, that shit is straight up sad.. us sitting out of shit for 10yrs, won't change a damn thing. when white folds didn't allow us to vote, they didn't give a fuck and now we can, they still dont' give a fuck. Sitting out of any election or two party system is not an option. vote for something or somebody but damnnit vote!
bruh, if your choice is nothing or worse, and will continue to be that way, and you accept that, you are the one incredibly dumb.Let THEM suffer??? Remember all that stuff I mentioned. The GOP is targeting US! We will be the ones that suffer. Why is that so hard for you to understand? Either you're incredibly dumb or an agent.
once again, no leverage. a vote is for getting things your way, not out of fear if you dont vote at all, it will be worst. you aleady lost
you just talk out of your ass.
most latinos vote democrat and per actual research by pew:
only a third consider themselves white after being called hispanic first
You mean insults like calling someone retarded?
Read a little further down on the page until you get to that 40% number. Looks like you the talking out ya ass.
without an argument, did you read what i said? since you didnt, what i said was a fact
that is the wrong context and still not half. mine is based on an actual number, you just made shit up, and they vote democrat by far.
My argument is self evident because it was tailored to you. Clearly your low intelligence level has you struggling to comprehend.
nope. you're just retarded
Well now I'm hurt. Good day to you sir!
Welcome.Thanks. I appreciate it.
Merely stating the glaringly obvious. To those with an i.q. above 7.
I sill think this is a malformed thought experiment, because the key to an effective boycott is holding some form of leverage (usually spending power) over a business or institution as a threat to their reverse.
In this scenario, I cannot see how us not voting poses any leverage. Utilizing leverage more effectively, would be collectively voting independently for a third party that better caters towards our interest.
In this scenario, I cannot see how us not voting poses any leverage. Utilizing leverage more effectively, would be collectively voting independently for a third party that better caters towards our interest.
Also using leverage more effectively would be creating coalitions of voting blocks that support issues we support. Instead of making our vote less consequential we should be looking to make it more consequential. I know this is blasphemy because they have been teaching us to hate other races as much as they (white people) do but finding issues to align ourselves with the latino's the asians even the new immigrants would give our issues more power. Black people have a lot of political power in America. We may not realize it but our representation in politics is much stronger than latinos or asians. While we have that strength we can use their votes to help push our issues.
Read the thread title and OP again. You’re not understanding the scenario— what you are suggesting is not at all at odds with the thought experiment.
Thought Experiment: what would happen if Black Americans boycotted the two party system for ten years?
What am I missing? It literally says what would happen if we boycotted (i.e. not vote) the two-party system for ten years..
And my answer was, not voting alone isn't an empowering act that can net positive results. Now if I am missing something please be specific with your comments and we can take it from there.
"Boycotted the two-party system"
That means the two-party duopoly-- Democrats and Republicans.
It is right there in the thread title and also spelled out in the first post:
The crux of your post was "Utilizing leverage more effectively, would be collectively voting independently for a third party that better caters towards our interest."
Third party. That's outside of the two-party system. The thought experiment was deliberately phrased to allow that as a tactic.
How are dual-party systems in all-white countries compromised without any black voters? The only thing that would happen if we don't vote is that the people who are running for election will not have to cater to the needs of black folks pushing the axis of balance between the two parties further towards the right.
What you wrote would be true if this was a permanent boycott. If the black vote disappeared. That's not what the proposal is.
If Democrats lose by a margin where black voters could have made the difference, and then that vote is up for grabs in the next election, the politicians and consultants would cater to that constituency rather than take it for granted.
Well, basically you are saying what would happen if were to become hypothetical free agents, thinking that one of the two will give into our demands. But in actuality the reverse would occur where both sides would ignore us, forcing us to either become permanently irrelevant or buy into the newer system created by our void. In other words, it would be just another empty toothless tiger threat similar to the 1% Wall Street protest and typical rent strike protest!
Many here seem to be ignoring the elephant (pun intended) in the room: if republicans win the presidency and either of the two houses of congress next time, there will not BE another election, not a real one, anyway. Our subsequent elections will be just like the elections of Putin. The strongman, once installed, NEVER loses an election.
Idiots and people who were throwing spitballs in civics class (back when they taught it) don't know this.
A lot of them here.
Also, am I the only one who thinks the idiot who started this thread has more than one screen name? Change your name. Change your profile. I can smell the stink of idiocy on 'im still.
Up, up and away....lurking to do today.
The idea of boycotting elections is feeble minded at the least. If Black people were to boycott Fourth of July, Christmas and Thanksgiving the impact would be far more impactful.
Correct, because of the leverage of our purchasing power to hold over their heads. However, with this shit, I fail to see any leverage whatsoever.
Their numbers wont register.
No. The Republicans would pass nationwide laws to suppress the Black vote so they would never have to worry about the Black vote again. This is what Republicans have done wherever they have power.
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