mekka okereke 1d ago

There is a reasonable path back. Everything doesn't have to be all existential all the time.

👴🏻"If we even have elections!🤡"

We are having elections.

👴🏻"The GOP is going to try dirty tricks!🤡"

So? The GOP always tries dirty tricks. Always. There has never been a modern election where they didn't.

I won't lie to you and say that making the right choices at midterms and 2028 will completely undo all this damage. Because it won't.

You can never trust Dr. Jekyll again once you've met Mr. Hyde. Everyone knows that the US is always 4 years and some white grievance away from being right back here.

Show threadGlowing Cat of the Nuclear Wastelands1d ago
@mekkaokereke I really don't understand what's hard about this concept. Sure, elections aren't going to fix everything by themselves, but anything that claims to have a perfect catch all solution is usually bullshit anyway.

My logic is simple: as long as they're working to prevent me from voting, I know it's still effective enough to make it worth my time to keep doing as long as I can.

Yes, they're trying to fuck with the outcome. Yes, they're trying to take them away all together. But they haven't succeeded yet, so I'm going to keep on voting. While also doing what else I can to work on the problems from other fronts, because I understand elections are broken.

For something that upsets the fascists so much when we do it, it's actually a pretty low effort task to take a little time to review the candidates and measures, then vote for the least shitty option. Occasionally if I'm lucky, I'll even have a decent or good candidate to vote for!
Show threadMorgan ⚧️1d ago
@deathkitten @mekkaokereke "My logic is simple: as long as they're working to prevent me from voting, I know it's still effective enough to make it worth my time to keep doing as long as I can." Good point! I guess we can usually tell what's worth doing by figuring out what billionaires and fascists don't want us doing. If it was actually hopeless, they wouldn't give a shit, and would probably actually generally encourage us to vote our hearts out, to prevent actual resistance
Show threadKinene⭐🐻

@raphaelmorgan @deathkitten @mekkaokereke Grandpa always said to look at who is supporting a candidate or (in California) a ballot proposition. (When in doubt, "follow the money.")

If "Attila the Hun*" is supporting someone, one should not vote for that candidate, unless one really wants to be invaded by the Mongol Hordes.

*Insert techbro/billionaire name here.

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