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You know what is an amazing trope? The classic “lost battle, won the war”. Now for those that don’t know, think of it like this.
The villain is trying to destroy everything, and the hero is trying to stop them or save someone. So the hero faces the villain but it soon becomes clear that the villain outmatches our hero in every way. But unfortunately surpassing one’s limits isn’t an option, so the hero decides that they will do what they can. Usually it results in their inevitable death… but the villain realizes that they are left unable to attain their objective, either being sealed away, or limited in some capacity that allows the hero to have saved people, for a time. The villain ‘Won’ in the sense that the hero is dead, but if that wasn’t their main objective or the cost of doing so left them much worse off they will feel cheated.
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First day of issue cover. Win the War - 1942.
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AN OPEN LETTER to THE PRESIDENT & U.S. CONGRESS; STATE GOVERNORS & LEGISLATURES
Implement Ranked-Choice Voting & Election Reforms For Vote Integrity
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I am writing to urge your immediate action on introducing and passing ranked-choice voting (RCV) and other vital election reforms at both the federal and state levels. As a concerned constituent and advocate for democratic principles, I believe that these reforms are essential to improving our electoral processes and ensuring fair and representative governance.
Ranked-choice voting has proven effective in promoting democratic outcomes by enabling voters to express their preferences more fully and ensuring that elected candidates enjoy broad support from the electorate. RCV mitigates wasted votes, reduces the spoiler effect, and fosters more inclusive and issue-focused campaigns.
In addition to advocating for ranked-choice voting, I strongly support comprehensive election reforms, including campaign finance reform, gerrymandering reform, and initiatives to enhance voter access and participation. These reforms are critical to strengthening our democracy and restoring trust in our electoral system.
The implementation of Ranked-Choice Voting is a crucial step towards enhancing our democratic process. RCV, which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, ensures that elected officials have majority support, eliminates the spoiler effect, and encourages positive campaigning. This system is already in use in several U.S. cities and countries like Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. Alaska recently became the second state to adopt RCV for statewide offices, following Maine's lead. It is time to consider this reform at both federal and state levels to ensure our electoral systems reflect the diversity of our nation and empower all voices. Therefore, I urge you to introduce and support legislation that promotes RCV and other election reforms.
We must recognize that Americans are more than a two-party system. Let's take meaningful steps to ensure our electoral systems reflect the diversity of our nation and empower all voices.
Thank you for considering my perspective and taking decisive action to improve our electoral processes. I stand ready to support your efforts in advancing these important reforms.
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Americans, these are things we are NOT saying in 2024:
"Voting blue won't solve anything." Yes it will: if enough of us do it, it will solve a problem called Trump's second term in the White House. We unfortunately live in a two-party system. If you refuse to vote, you're effectively voting for Trump. I shouldn't need to explain this to people, yet here we are.
"It doesn't matter who's president. Both candidates are the same anyway." No, they are REALLY not. Biden was never my first choice, and his shipments of arms to Israel are despicable, but don't try to tell me even for a second that a second Trump term would be the same for the world as a second Biden term.
"But voting blue won't fix [fundamental underlying problem in America]." Voting for Democrats cannot fix every issue, this is true. But by saying this and ONLY this you are discouraging people from voting by making them feel hopeless. Voting is one of many tools in our arsenal, not the only tool, but an important one, and it does matter.
"You shouldn't vote blue, you should do [other thing] instead." See above: you can vote and protest and organize at the same time. It's not either/or. You can do it all. Stop discouraging voters from exercising their rights under the guise of leftism.
"Voting is just legitimizing government power. It makes you part of the system." Literally just shut up. Women and people of color didn't fight for their voting rights to have you say things like this. If you live in America and you can legally vote, then you should fucking vote, and vote blue. There is no neutral option.
"Voting blue just makes you complicit in [this bad policy]." Inaction, and allowing Trump to have a second term, is worse for the entire world than any Democrat policy. Yes, even that one. Voting is not about finding a perfect unproblematic candidate. It is about choosing the lesser of two evils.
"Voting doesn't work because—" STOP IT. STOP DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM VOTING.
You know who wants you NOT to vote? Trump supporters, that's who. You should be suspicious of ANYONE who is suggesting that your vote doesn't matter, or that both candidates are the same, or that Biden's policy on XYZ means you shouldn't vote for him. Trump supporters aren't trying to get your vote by saying, "Vote for Trump!" They're trying to get your vote by DISCOURAGING YOU FROM VOTING AT ALL.
I don't like Biden either, but Trump is unequivocally worse. Voting doesn't fix everything, but it is the minimum fucking requirement of living in a democracy. Voting for president has real, tangible, immediate impacts on people's lives, and choosing not to vote is not the rebellion you think it is, it is just relinquishing your voice. So fucking vote. THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT AND DAMN IT WE ARE NOT FAILING BECAUSE OF YOU.
#us politics#politics#vote blue no matter who#together we can#fuck trump#dismantle the system#two party system#it matters#both sides are the same#systemic inequality#win the day#win the war#israel#joe biden#negativity kills#vote#voter drive#activism#activism starts at your local government#protest#how about both#leftism#womens suffrage#poc suffrage#right to vote#vote blue#dictator trump#douche vs shit sandwich#lesser of two evils#3rd party
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When I was a teenager and still on Neopets I was part of a pretty big Star Trek guild and eventually became part of its council, with the solemn duty of creating weekly polls. Well one day I created the poll "Which would win in a fight? Borg Cube or Death Star?". Naturally, since this was a Star Trek guild, the answer was overwhelmingly "Borg Cube", but someone did have the rationality to point out we were biased.
So I look up a pretty prominent Star Wars guild and message one of their council and ask them to poll the same question and get back to me in a week. They do, and naturally the fuckin geeks said "Death Star".
So then I look up a Stargate guild and messaged the lead council member, saying the same thing, and they get back to me almost immediately saying that the Death Star would immediately one-shot a Borg Cube but they would never be able to do it again to another Cube. And I took that wisdom back to my guild and we were mollified, and for one moment the Nerd World was peaceful.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte – 1.05: "Night"
#swedit#star wars#the acolyte#theacolyteedit#qimir#manny jacinto#starwarsblr#swsource#starwarsfilms#gifs#*#the acolyte spoilers#winning but at WHAT COST
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a guide on how to befriend ur local wanderer
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Obi-Wan's apprenticeship with Qui-Gon is a horse girl movie but they both think the other person is the horse.
#qui gon: i am retired but reluctantly took this 'problem' foal in after some convincing and am slowly seeing his overlooked potential#obi wan: i am gently coaxing this old jaded beat up horse back to the ranch with power of love so that i can win the tournament with him#obi wan kenobi#qui gon jinn#qui gon and obi wan#star wars
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I am not immune to the Shadow propaganda.
Comics in order: [First] [Next]
#get good sonic#shadow is winning the cool sibling war#shadow tails friendship supremacy#sonic x shadow generations#shadow the hedgehog#miles tails prower#sonic the hedgehog#sth#my art#sonic fanart#unbreakable bond
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Callie and her socially inept cousin <3
#splatoon 3#splatoon#callie#marie#squid sisters#marie would definitely say a slur on live tv she just gives off such vibes#girlie is winning the idgaf wars
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EVERYONE STAY CALM PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
#THE SCREAM I LET OUT#KENOBI S2 WARRIORS WE MAY BE WINNING#kenobi#obi wan kenobi#star wars#ewan mcgregor
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Hello great potato overlord, may we receive some TL4J shenanigans?
does "they all fell in a lake or smthn and one of them fares a lot better when soggy than the others" count as a shenanigan
(commission info // tip jar!)
#no hair = no being a wet rat#(she didnt win like this back in the clone wars bc we've all seen kamino obi-wan. he works it)#the last (4) jedi#luke skywalker#ezra bridger#cal kestis#ahsoka tano#thanks for the ask!#my doods#askbox closed
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castiel on a fuckass tuesday (vibrating with longing and devotion, ready to ruin his life for this man if he’d only ask, loving so hard that it will eventually kill him): hello, dean.
#he is winning the idgaf war#he stays not gafing#spn#allegedly#supernatural#dean winchester#castiel#dean supernatural#castiel supernatural#cas#destiel#deancas#dean x castiel
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the true winner of this weekend is oscar, he takes out his adoptive father on turn 1, snitches on lewis, in true og seb fashion, slams lando in the sprint, gifts us two supreme overtakes on the outside, picks up two podiums, goes home
#man is winning the random behaviour war#i love him so much#also good for him after weeks of being compared to norrif#at least he's not scared of going for it#oscar piastri#f1#austrian gp 2024#jo.text
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Oh No
I bet discord put that there.
#one of my favorite greek myths#cause it shows just how petty they are#even the goddess of wisdom lmaooo#pony posting#celestia#cadence#luna#my little pony#friendship is magic#poll#we're about to start a pony trojan war#it will be so funny if twilight wins#MLP
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Good and Evil wrestling, with Evil triumphing
bit different from my latest work but something in me told me i needed to draw this
#just as an fyi#crowley named the statue when he had it made for his flat#in reality this is aziraphale letting him win back at the great war cause he knew it'd make him happy#and also cause he lowkey likes it#re: s1 wall slam thank u for coming to my ted talk#also they r in love and crowley commissioned a freaking STATUE OF THEM from an artist to display in his flat for eternity#she's whipped ur honor#good omens#good omens 2#good omens fanart#aziracrow#aziraphale and crowley#crowley#go2#aziraphale#go2 fanart#my gomens art#my art#azfellschild
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i just feel like someone should take one for the team and write the fanfic where miss homotron goes to dragonstone on foot, meets her situationship’s new lover, and immediately goes like blind with jealousy and fury (rhaenyra, as always when alicent’s near, looks and behaves like a very confused kicked puppy)
i just need homotron and saphotron to meet, so the real war can begin
#alicent’s already felt the shift in the winds and she took that shit hard#now that she has touched grass and connected with mother nature she’s ready to get her woman back#but not before she like screams at her for like a week straight#like i want unhinged#like not even mysaria knows how to react cause homotron is so deranged she might self-implode at any moment and take them all with her#in fact it seems like that would be the preferred out come for the woman#and rhaenyra is so pathetic she cannot get a word in (the same woman that walks to the dragon pit and commands the largest dragon to serve#but then Alicent’s there and mysaria is pretty sure that the targaryen queen is a moment’s away from bending the knee#really puts in perspective the green’s previous tactics when they possessed the biggest threat to rhaenyra to date#it doesn���t seem like Alicent wants to destroy rhaenyra though it seems like she just wants to yell at her a bunch#rhaenyra is like ‘she is helping me win this war!’ and alicent’s like OKAY CHEATER#mysaria is not sure if she should bolt or get some popcorn#jace is having an aneurysm#rhaenicent#hotd#house of the dragon#rhaenyra x alicent#rhaenyra targaryen#alicent hightower#mysaria
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