If you are a white leftist and you talk “both parties are the same they are both capitalist” you will loose most of your black audience. I think it ought to be obvious that this isn’t because blackfolks love Democrats (in most cases, there is always someone being simple in any group) —no. it’s because the difference between the parties is material and obvious and these are unstable times.
When I hear such talk I wonder if the speaker is working on voter suppression.
Voting brings me no joy — but I never miss an election out of a kind of stubborn spite. I’ve never heard anyone explain how having all the marginalized and left leaning people not vote would be more annoying to the Democrats and Republicans than if we all do vote— and for the Democrats especially in the primaries.
I also don’t think voting is real political engagement, but it’s kind of the bare minimum. Even if you do a write-in for every office.
@foolishowl @futurebird "white guy here* 🙋♂️
It's definitely a white thing.
Most white people in US/Canada have never felt that a single vote was anything more than a way to resolve a complex disagreement. Where to spend the money?
For Black and Indigenous people, each of these votes have been an exercise in their ability to exist safely...at all. They still are.
@gatesvp @futurebird That's not quite what I meant.
What I mean is, I'm used to a lot of "moderate" white people getting annoyed, proceeding to anger, at anyone taking *any* social action but voting. Like, say, giving people food.
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