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@benroyce

I think there's a large fraction that doesn't know, doesn't care and/or doesn't care to know. Low-info voting prolly won't help; turnout doesn't help any more.

So it's more "care, motherfuckers." Maybe a taller order.

@tarheel

yup

voting is part of the struggle to maintain your #rights

ignorance of the consequences comes from #privilege

nonvoters on the left are exactly like #MAGA this way: they don't know and they don't care how *they* are fucked

because what's important to nonvoters is masturbating their ego in an ivory tower of perfection, and if they don't get perfect, they feel #entitled to not #vote

utterly fucking ignorant to the fact they live in fucking reality and they are impacted, personally

@tarheel

when i castigate #nonvoters i hear:

"you're turning them off"

fuck that

if someone lacks the capacity to see the stakes, that's on them

it's not our job to soothe and trick them with emotional appeal. that's #MAGA tactics

what's happening now is they are learning consequences

the hard way

*even then* they will shift blame. never taking ownership of their #alienation

the problem is them

not how insensitive we are to their fucking precious feelings

#vote #midterms2026 you fucks

@benroyce @StillIRise1963 @tarheel
Important to remember in conversations like that, when you’re arguing with somebody who’s really dug in, often you’re not really making a case to them at all. You’re making a case to the bystanders.

@benroyce @StillIRise1963 @tarheel
100%. My only addition to that is that I’m not sure democracy will survive to the 2026 midterms, so we •also• have to fight now, using every tool we can find. Both. Yes and.

The people waiting for elections to save them •and• the people who think they don’t matter are all fools.

@inthehands @StillIRise1963 @tarheel

study the history of #chile, #southkorea, #spain

look at #serbia, #georgia, #hungary today

corrupt, murderous regimes, opposed

they fought! they're fighting!

what you about you #usa?

i will not listen to arguments saying #american #democracy is doomed:

hopelessness

cynicism

it only helps #plutocrat-#bigot malice

you fight

you #vote

now and forever

that matters

"but it should be easy"

never is and never will be

#america:

show a fucking spine

@benroyce @StillIRise1963 @tarheel

That’s the thing. There •is• hope, but none of this magically takes care of itself. No matter how true or how good, none of it happens on its own. We act or we fail.

@androcat @benroyce @StillIRise1963
Yup, all paths out lead through that kind of sustained mass action in one form or another.

To get the point of widespread noncompliance and economic impact like you’re describing, we have a lot of capacity-building to do. People need to shake off their stupor, get in the habit of showing up, get energized, go from dumbfounded to angry. That’s why I’m a big fan of all these small, local events like #TeslaTakedown right now. The more the better.

@inthehands

I would put it differently. That path is the only one that leads out of this morass.

Sitting at home and feeling heartsick, doesn't.

But, people gotta get over the convenience of social media and mass media.

They gotta go knock on doors, gather momentum.

@benroyce @StillIRise1963