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themself · 11 months ago

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everyday i see people online like "oh yeah if revolution is so good why havent you done it yet" "go ahead and solve our problems by revolutioning ill sit here trying to gradually fix them in reality" is like. has the voting done anything either. has the liberal change youve argued for helped either. no. did the voting solve the problems.

#i think worst take was yesterday i saw somebody being like #oh yeah if we do revolution how will we have indoor pluming #like i Understand but have you considered #YOU have indoor plumbing #people living on the streets dont #people living in areas where the water is toxic dont #so you really come off as saying 'your revolution will make my life worse so i dont want it'#which is at least honest. i guess #again back to the point are we even doing revolutions tho no so why argue with these people #'um im trying to shame them into voting'#1) because shaming is a known effective strategy #2) like these people live in the statistically insignificant areas where presidential elections matter or #3) would make up a big enough population to do that #so WHO CARES #genuinely none of this means anything #this was set off by like #'oh you post theory and talk about revolution. yeah well go run for office'#newsflash: being the head of the library in a small town can Help but it will also not undo uh genocide #which tends to be what the issue people are calling for radical politics tends to be around #massive systemic issues like that #anyway every day we have the 'we should change society somewhat'#'oh yeah and what will happen if we do that. you dont know #so no we souldnt asshole'#or argue like any of these political decisions even mean anything #did the single vote you got from shaming matter #its also always the people who dont do anything arguing with the people who dont do anything #which i recognize as another guy who doesnt do anything #all of this is to say: i am so tired #it is not even 2024 and we are having the voting argument

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