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| Topic | If existential fear won't get you to vote against Trump, then nothing will. |
| EPR-radar 04/26/24 7:19:56 PM #256: | legendary_zell posted...
Voting is necessary, but it's just one part of a larger constellation of strategies. Simply talking about voting alone creates a disengaged citizen that can't really influence or exercise power because voting is a one time act every few years, it doesn't build organizations that influence elected officials or the media, it can be blocked or ignored by those very officials or the courts, or the the military or the police etc, it can be influenced by historical events, and without the other strategies, it's not sufficient to sustain a working democracy. This I agree with. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that voting D in general elections isn't even a political act -- it's just self-preservation and the bare minimum to expect of a civilized person. Some people don't have the time or energy for more than the bare minimum, and that's OK, as long as they don't presume to dictate how people that are doing more should do their activism. --- "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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