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Otter@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of RacismEnglish81·26 days agoWas the timing of the protests the problem in your opinion? The way that it was done?
In your opinion, how should supporters of a party express what they want changed with an electoral platform
Otter@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of RacismEnglish8·26 days agoNot all voters agreed with those protests. Arguably, the candidate would’ve lost by more if they listened to the protests and addressed the issues that were brought up.
Even if this was true, silencing any criticism isn’t the solution. In most parts of the world anyway
Otter@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of RacismEnglish8·26 days agoBut in this context you’re referring to the prevention of fascism as “unproductive”.
I’m saying that if the candidate listened to the protests and addressed the issues that were brought up, they may have gotten more votes. Arguably, having MORE protests may have helped them win if it could convince the leadership to make changes.
Outcry from supporters is what convinced Biden to step down, which I think helped the Democrats come closer. Protest is important if it can help a party make the right adjustments in their campaign.
Telling people to stay silent is unproductive.
Otter@lemmy.cato politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose Because of RacismEnglish81·26 days agoI find this unproductive. People SHOULD ask their elected representatives (and candidates) to improve. I want people to point it out when my preferred candidate does something wrong, because then they’re more likely to address it before the election.
That is exactly how it works. Criticizing the better option of the two will reduce turnout for that candidate. That’s the whole purpose of political campaigns.
I’m not saying this doesn’t happen, but I don’t think a significant number of people changed their mind about voting for her because of the protests.
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Option 1: Politically engaged people don’t point out a problem -> The candidate doesn’t address the problem -> The average voter doesn’t vote for the candidate because of the problem
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Option 2: Politically engaged people DO point out a problem -> The candidate addresses the problem -> The average voter is more likely to vote for the candidate
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Otter@lemmy.cato Privacy@lemmy.ml•Recent commits suggest Signal is preparing a paid subscription for backups.English111·1 month agoI commented this in the other thread, sharing it here as well
I’ve been waiting for this feature for a while actually 😅
When I last saw people talking about it, there were rumors that there would be a reasonable free backup (ex. up to 1 Gb) with relatively cheap paid options above that. I scrolled through the GitHub link and couldn’t confirm or deny if this is still/actually the case.
Backups are the #1 pain point for friends that tried to switch to Signal, especially for those on iOS. I have a local backup + sync setup for my own phone, but it’s a lot to expect for the average casual user to set up.
Whatsapp has backups to Google Drive, which is better than nothing but not ideal. It’s time Signal had a reliable backup method for casual users
The idea is that people can block what they don’t want to see. Some users/communities/instances are more open, and others are more closed off. There’s nothing stopping you from finding a place that aligns with what you want
If someone doesn’t want to interact with you, you’re not going to accomplish anything by forcing them to interact with you.
Neat