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2723429, what was a realistic alternative?
Posted by ThaTruth, Tue Oct-13-20 03:52 PM
>which is disappointing for a few reasons:
>
>1) the implication is "vote for Democrats" who almost never
>stand up to police unions or pass significant reform... and
>they wonder why progressives aren't excited to keep voting for
>them!
>
>2) the other implication, whether intended or not, is that
>voting is the most important action one could take. not only
>does that leave people feeling rudderless after each November,
>but also more direct actions (such as mass protests) have a
>much better track record for change than voting.
>
>3) we already have a voting drive on every channel, show,
>website, app etc. i've tried to stop the facebook
>notifications about a thousand times and they keep fucking
>popping up. i think people have gotten the message.

The real issue is that rightly are wrongly the way this country is setup police are controlled at the the local level and there's not a lot that can be done at the national level. Eric Garner and Mike Brown happened when Obama was in office. Seeing some of the things the current administration has done with its limited power in some regards makes me glad that they don't control local police.

When it comes to politics most folks focus on the president but really need to play closer attention their local city, county and state elections. That's what should be emphasized but for whatever reason its not.


>4) to your point: their leverage was money. if the players go
>on strike a lot of people would've lost a lot of money, and
>fucking with money is one of the greatest ways to bring about
>change. i don't think the players have a responsibility to
>strike or anything, BUT i can't help but be disappointed in
>the end result. i think they were pretty serious about ending
>the season and got talked out of it by very powerful people
>who had a lot of money at stake.

NBA players have guaranteed contracts. If they didn't finish the season they would've forfeited those contracts and that's a lot of money for everybody.