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fucking confounds me bc ig you guys either have a weird victim blaming kink or you have massively more faith in our electoral system’s veracity than i do.
Be a lot easier to discuss how well things worked if everyone participated.
i honestly am skeptical of western media’s narrative that everyone is complacent and doesn’t give a fuck. i’ve met a lot of people. every single one of them gives some sort of a shit about politics. it feels like homegrown astroturfing to keep anything from ever actually coming to a head. keep people feeling alone and isolated, hopeless. if 60-80% of americans are complacent, don’t participate civically, and are actively disengaged from the political process… then where are these people? i should be seeing them in droves right? but i’m not, and neither is anyone i know. my network isn’t really geographically limited either. anecdotal evidence regardless, sure, but still suss imo.
i’ve seen the statistics and polls, the election results and non-participant ratio, you don’t need to share those sources with me.
idk, maybe i’m fucking crazy and a conspiracy theorist. a wise man once said that there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Perhaps those that care about politics are the ones with which politics gets discussed? Unless you're sitting down and going "so that trump, huh?" With every person you meet.
i do admit the bias of my sampling, but also at the same time:
yeah… i mean i do end up doing this much of the time? my time and labor is valuable… i’d rather not waste it on working with fascists, but i recognize i have the privilege of making that choice due to the kind of work i do.
if you lived during the reich would you not be like “so how ‘bout that hitler?” to every person you met??? i would?????????
40% of voters in Texas didn't vote in November.
That doesn't speak to my point at all. I'm saying you can't tell how well a system works when it barely has half the participation it's supposed to have, and is constantly fucked with. This is the direct result of Republican interference in Texas, no conspiracy theories required.
Gen X in Texas at least doesn't seem to vote much if at all.
Be a lot easier to participate if anybody's vote actually mattered. Literally worthless vote where I live.
I "wasted" my vote on Cornell West in the presidential category. Doesn't matter at all.
Well, when you don't vote you're guaranteeing your opinion doesn't matter. The math always works in favor of everyone voting.
Libs want to feel like they're "right" even while they don't do shit but support fascism.
bc ig