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I got my new car today!!! I haven’t actually driven it yet. Because new things are scary for me and it takes me a little while to get used to something like driving a new car, I wanted to drive it around my parents’ a little before going in a busy road. Rob said it has “responsive break” and i wanna get that “feel” down before I’m in heavy traffic. I like it though and am very grateful and excited!!
Being at my parents’ hasn’t been too triggering this time around. Usually there are some kind of comments about my body or what I’m eating, but we have such a short turn around this year that thankfully it hasn’t been too bad…
Did have to listen to my mom talk about this guy who has multiple myeloma (my mom has a precursor to MM) and apparently is in “full remission” using an antiviral but it came back because he got the covid vaccine…. Tried to explain why that’s probably not true actually but you know… I think she just desperately wants there to be simple/easier answers to the cancer she might develop, which I get, but I also feel like this is how misinformation takes roots.
(We don’t have a perfect system here in the US by far, but we aren’t lagging behind in the cancer treatment realm…. If antivirals worked to cure MM, there would be research on it… and people would do it… contrary to popular belief, Big Pharma isn’t pushing ineffective expensive drugs to steal your money and keep you sick…drugs are ridiculously expensive, but it’s not malicious… insurance companies are far more malicious for refusing coverage than the pharma companies imo)
Also listening to some people talk about pot shop workers (specifically managerial roles) not deserving to be paid a certain amount, all the gender critical bs, like yall, I don’t like government regulations in general and I have my views on how we attempt legislating morality and why it doesn’t work, but like…… when you use that argument to justify why people who “don’t have any education and just know drugs” (not a real quote just a paraphase) don’t deserve to be paid a certain amount, AND you don’t use it to say that like, gov shouldn’t restrict access to health care like abortions and gender affirming care… that’s not “government shouldn’t legislate morality,” that’s “government should legislate the morality I agree with” which is… the same thing you’re complaining about the “other side” doing.
Especially the gender stuff. It takes very little actual energy to use somebody’s preferred, correct pronouns. Affirming care literally saves lives. When you spend a lot of energy and time lobbying against these things, it really just tells me how uncomfortable you are with the idea that somebody could have a different life experience than you. The only person who should be spending that much time and energy caring about those things… should be the person themselves. Partners or family ofc should care too, but in a “how do we support this person so they can live a fulfilling life” way, not in a “i can’t handle anybody having a different lived experience than me” kind of way.
And also if you’re gonna complain about federal spending and budgets, can you at least acknowledge the ridiculous defense budget? Even if your viewpoint is “I don’t know how we can realistically and safely scale that back,” just like… recognize how little the government actually spends on programs like VA health care in relation to the massive defense budget. We rank third in the world for per capita military spending… I’m not saying you need answers on how to solve anything, but if you’re gonna criticize the drops in the bucket, acknowledging that they are in fact drops in the bucket comparatively would be nice.
#political bs sorry#I’m grateful for my parents in so many ways#but it would be great if they could acknowledge their own biases#and also look at the actual data#like no you don’t care about the trans persons health#because if you did you’d realize that gender affirming care and BEING A KIND HUMAN is the most life sustaining thing you can do#lord forbid they ever find out I like neutral pronouns and hate the concept of gender all together#also like yeah a pot shop manager might not have advanced degrees#but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve the same pay as managers in other retail fields???#so much work these days actually doesn’t require higher Ed#and not pursuing higher Ed doesn’t mean you’re incapable or contributing less to society#it’s giving ‘burger flippers dont deserve more than minimum wage because I don’t actually see them as valuable people’#call me radical but I’d like to see people who work full time regardless of industry be able to afford to live#I’m not saying push legislature through to ensure everybody is making enough to buy a 4 bed house in their own#just like maybe don’t talk about pot shop workers with disgust and vitriol#like the TONE man it’s the TONE
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The funny thing about JC defenders is that they always try to argue that JC refusing to cover the Wens and side with WWX was the correct political move. In the short term, perhaps, but in the long term, that was proven wrong in the books themselves.
(It's even funnier thinking that correct political moves exist in a bullshit political system that blatantly serves only the gentry, is held together by hearsay and rumors, and has no actual system of laws that can serve as a basis to accuse, judge, or punish someone.)
So how was JC's refusal to side with WWX and the Wens considered the "correct political move"? Reasons include that the Jiang sect was still recovering from the war, that going against the Jins would result in another war that would end in major losses on the Jiang sect's side, and that the Wens weren't and shouldn't have been a priority for JC at all.
Let's clear a few things up. The Jiang clan was not the only clan recovering, so were the Nies and the Lans. In the aftermath of the war, it's not explicitly stated how well the other sects were doing, so we couldn't really tell if the Jiangs were worse off than the other three. It could be noted, however, that the Jins retained much of their wealth and influence, so much so that Jin Guangyao was able to take the position of Chief Cultivator with little to no opposition. The main point, though, is that at that moment in the aftermath of the war, we could not easily assume the Jiangs were the worst off, as the other three sects also lost many disciples in the war, and we didn't really know how much the other sects recovered.
For the second reason, if a major war somehow did happen again, this time Jiangs vs everyone else, everyone else would lose. WWX's presence single-handedly helped them win the war against the Wens. A war between the Jiangs and the jianghu would be based on numbers, which reflects the war between the Wens and the jianghu. The Wens had more disciples, and no matter how many LWJs or NMJs you got up your sleeve, numbers make a big difference in war. That's why WWX's skills were a critical part in winning: he is a one-man army of thousands. He could easily make up for the gap in numbers. That's why the Jins kept trying to get rid of him—they were nervous about so much power belonging to only one faction: the Jiangs. JGS couldn't exactly claim his desired role as Chief Cultivator if a younger, smarter, and more powerful individual was still around to keep him in check.
Finally, we get to the part of why I'm making this long-ass post on a caffeine-driven rage. See, the point of trying to stop a powerful faction from committing atrocities is to stop them from thinking they can do it whenever they like. The Jins were given a pass to do whatever the hell they wanted to a small, outcasted faction (the Wens), and they proceeded to take that pass as a pass for everything else. Nobody stopped them from torturing the Wens, so what's stopping them from allowing a mass murderer like XY to run wild in an attempt to create their own WWX? Definitely not NMJ, hahaha, because, y'know, the hypocrites in the gentry have already decided that whatever the Jins do is alright so long as it's not their problem. An exterminated clan isn't their priority. So, what was stopping XY from going out and doing it again to SL's sect? Absolutely nothing! Because the Jins could cover it up and no one could say a word despite how suspicious it was, because hey, remember what happened to the last guy that spoke up against the Jins?
Calling out the Jins on their crimes against the Wens, who were elderly and children save for WQ and WN (who JC owed his damn life and core to), would have created a precedent of not allowing massive crimes to slide under the radar. But because the opposite happened, because nobody fucking realized that apathy and selfishness don't fucking help in the long run, two sects were exterminated because JGS and JGY were basically given an "okay, fine, just keep that bullshit away from us". That's not actual justice. That's not "morally grey". Allowing people in power to trample over others just because it doesn't affect you personally is not sustainable, because what happens when it's you they've decided to trample over? Are you going to complain? Are you going to look to others for help, when you personally couldn't be bothered to offer your hand to those who suffered? When the reason the people trampling over you gained that power is because you allowed it?
The unopposed killing of WWX and the Wens led to the political climate that allowed the massacres of two sects because the Jins were trying to protect and satisfy their pet project. It led to the murder of NMJ because JGS/JGY wanted to keep people from checking their power. If JC couldn't find it in his heart to be sympathetic to the Wens, fine, but at the very least, he should have considered the potential harm in rolling over and giving a political faction too much power.
#it's not that i hate jc#i really don't#but when his defenders try to make it out like wwx made HIS life so hard#by yknow having a moral compass#and spewing bs about how jc was politically correct or sum#like im sorry pls decide on whether jc was a young inexperienced leader or a politically smart guy#you cant defend on opposite fronts and frankly the former makes him more sympathetic than the latter#mdzs#mxtx mdzs#jiang cheng#wei wuxian#anti jiang cheng#just in case#cant believe my first major post abt mdzs is a rant about THOSE jc defenders#can't believe there r actual ppl who've read mdzs and side w the rich dudes
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If there's one thing I've respectively noticed from Zionists and defenders of Israeli war crimes, it's that every source, argument and potential avenue to explore each explanation is riddled with cherry picking, moving the goalposts and mental gymnastics to explain why their conclusions, which typically are barely even related to the sources they use, somehow overshadow literal reality and what we see with our own eyes.
While scrolling, one example I came across was the repetitive misrepresentation of BLM, antifa and quotes from Martin Luther King Jr, as well as statistics, scholarly journal articles and government website information. These are all good sources, yet every single time they're mangled completely until the only possible "interpretation" of any of them is "well Israel is right to defend itself after shorting rockets beforehand because the retaliation was brutal and all Arabs are bad by default therefore". As if any of these sources are even about individual exceptions of Israel versus hatred towards Arabs.
I think what I find most absurd, as someone in the middle of their own studies, is how every bit of critical thinking and logic goes out the window as they do every single thing possible to do what professors worldwide say NOT to do when evaluating sources. It's like watching a race to see who can tangle and misconstrue scientific information to fit their world view the fastest. Then said people say "um actually I studied at university before so it's actually not wrong that I'm doing this exact this everyone is warned not to do because I have a permit". Ignorance I can forgive, but willful and arrogant manipulation? That's another thing entirely.
#zionism#my gods y'all need to get a grip and start remembering that confirmation bias exists#and y'all use sources continually in this way while just generally having so much bs of presenting How To Not Use My Own Sources#or actually to be more correct you clearly do know you just choose not to because you'd rather be justified in resource theft and profit#Like the while tome it's been about either material gain or feeling good about yourself while you shit on strangers#and then I also see y'all make other accounts ro harass random Arabs for fun and random queers who aren't even related like#the fuck is wrong with y'all go sit down and think about why you all do this pointless bs#it's such a waste of your own life spending it looking for fights to help with your bottomless insecurities#Israel#fuck israel#long live palestine#like you can say hamas was bad all you like it doesn't actually change the situation and what y'all have been doing for 76 years#and actually longer but y'all arent ready for that conversation and how Zionists butchered Jews and helped Nazi Germany historically#like sorry that Was a thing that happened and if you want to label yourselves as The Sacred Protectors of Jews then you have to face that#Pretending history didn't happen isn't helpful to anyone including yourselves y'all just making Zionism look even worse and like idiocy#I mean it is but you all aren't helping yourselves by being literal holocaust deniers#and being like “but Zionists saved Jews afterwards” as if that somehow erases the fact they ALSO helped the Nazis#like history is full of contradictory bullshit so when you say “but what about this” you know that doesn't erase the other things right??#“That's worse. You DO see how that's worse right?”#I'm shaking you all and yelling this like it is WORSE that they killed Jews and then started playing the saviour and fellow victims#You do see how that is really bad for Jews today to be in a place created for political power plays and material gain through any means#like you see how that could be REALLY dangerous for Jews if they're that expendable to Zionist entities and the government#and you do realise that is literally what we are seeing from the actions of said government#and how they acting sadly very predictablely when you consider the historical contexts for its existence?#People who research this shit aren't surprised because it happens every single year and has been happening for centuries -#- before Israel the holocaust etc. It's been like this for as long as political Zionism and the French Revolution#It's been going on since pre Marxism and pre a lot of differing things but y'all pretend Zionists haven't ever harmed Jews ever when -#- there's a long history of internal conflict and in fighting that formed modern Zionism and plenty of internalised antisemetism within it#Yeah there's a genuine desire for return to the land (Not Own It just return and live peacefully)#but that is very very different to Political Zionism that formed as a socialist nationalist movement
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in the cabinet ahahahahahahahahahhahaha I am going to walk into the ocean!!!!
#us politics#i'm not even doomscrolling anymore i learned this from a cnn notification😭#sorry for talking about this garbage country so much#it's just such a dumpster fire#at least it’s a BS made up department#but still#also a FOX NEWS HOST as defense secretary lmao cool cool cool cool cool
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Fucking hell, ANOTHER assassination attempt against Trump? At least nobody died this time...
#political bs#i'm sorry but how the fuck does this keep happening?#and why the fuck are they so bad at it?#it's ok i can joke about this one because nobody was hurt
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i wish you guys could see the notion page i’m making for the icoamd rewrite because i’m actually being serious about the world building this time and it’s getting a little crazy
#21 separate countries/kingdoms#TWENTY ONE#this version is def going to go more into depth with the political climate and conflicts going on in the world of the story#with the reader and megumi having to navigate more and more bs as they learn more and more about what’s going on#also i did pull most of the country names from earlier works of mine sorry not sorry#if you’re a SitH reader and read this…MIND YOUR BUSINESS FR#m’s thoughts
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I hate how in America it's like-
The only way to get this well paying job is to have this education
The only way to get this education is to pay thousands of dollars
If you don't have the money you can't get the education or the job
With minimum wage job your paid x amount of money
It's not enough for a house
It's not enough for bills/taxes
It's not enough for medical help
It's not enough for a steady supply of healthy food
So you need a well paying job
To get that job you need to pay for the education
You can't but you can pay it back in debt
Then after you get your well paying job (if you even make it out of college) you pay back college and end up with a little more than what you were making before
Even then, most jobs still aren't enough for a house unless it's something that pays you thousands of dollars a shift
The only way to have enough money to afford the basic human needs to survive would be to combine wages with one or more people and probably live with them
Let's say you end up doing that through marriage and you have a kid
Now the government wants you to pay extra for your kid, instead of just paying more for food and clothes and such for them, there are bills for having a dependent on the house
So then a large percentage of you and your partner's wage is spent not keeping the kid alive but to the government for keeping a kid- and that's only one kid, imagine having multiple
And so you kinda end up back at square one, budgeting and saving and hoping you have enough money to make it through the month
And that's the middle class
The middle class
The only way to live comfortably in America is being part of the high class (I don't think that's the right name but whatever) or being Upper middle class and even then that just means you don't have to worry about having all the money for bills by the end of the month, when it comes to recreational stuff well either you don't have the money or you're going to have to save up for it
This is- I can't be the only one who thinks this is all a bunch of bullshit! Like- why are we literally paying to stay alive!? Why do we have to work the longest shift possible just to make sure we have money to keep our home and have food
Yeah there's countries that have it worse but like- America is supposed to be a wealthy country but the people here are also being exploited because for some reason the minimum wage is lower than the living wage and it's almost impossible to get a good paying job because practically no one can afford college and no one is going to hire you without a degree apart from someone who's going to work you as much as possible and pay you as little as they can
It's bullshit!
#rambles#tw politics#sorry about the rant#i just got frustrated over the bs of Americas government randomly#i don't like living here
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I saw this post from the orange cheeto man and it was missing a sitcom laugh track. So here we are.
#donald trump#orange cheeto#meme#political#i'm sorry i couldn't resist#normally would not repost any of his bullshit#but at least everyone here knows it's bs#also reTRUTHS I'M DYING I NEED OXYGEN
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Ok so to be clear. Things the government of Texas has spent the last year doing: attacking trans children, their families, and queer people in general.
Things the government of Texas has not spent the last year doing: sufficiently maintaining and improving their power grid and ensuring it will not fail due to the weather. OR IDK, accept climate change is real and they need to move to less damaging energy sources to prevent worse weather in the future and make a plan to deal with that.
#politics#I’m sorry but like#I can’t not#truly I think all their bs is just a distraction from real problems#people prefer to make new problems than fox the real ones for various reasons#including stubbornness and greed
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k first of all , 5 years is a good start but let's absolutely make it more LMAO like holy crap I don't usually get political on this blog (for good reason, it's just a fandom blog) but man, if THIS is what it takes Musk and Rowling to shut the fuck up, I'm all here for it.
Second of all, I was really hoping this would be the case because - I AM NOT A LAWYER - I feel like there's an even bigger case that could be made in Imane's favor as an Olympian representing Algeria.
Like, y'all... Imane isn't just some random woman. The Olympics aren't just about sports and entertainment. The whole essence of the modern Olympics is meant to be a celebration of exceptional athletes and their cultures and countries around the world, coming together to participate in friendly competition. It's also an opportunity for these countries to make a shitload of money from a massively profitable event.
Outside of the money, though, even just qualifying for the Olympics - before you factor in any potential medals to win - is an extremely high honor that is taken very seriously by both the athletes, their coaches, and their respective governments of the countries where they hail from, and much of this DOES come down to politics. This sort of means that the athletes sent in to compete aren't just random people who are REALLY GOOD at their respective sport, but COULD be argued and defended as diplomats representing an entire country and its culture.
This is all with the hope that these athletes will put on a good show, represent the best of what their country has to offer, and - if all goes well - bring home proof of that representation in the form of a medal, which many athletes are additionally rewarded for by their countries when they return home.
Imane Khelif isn't just some 'random' woman who's good at boxing, she's an Olympian athlete recognized by the IOC as such and sent to the Olympics to represent Algeria as both a country and a political entity.
J.K. Rowling and Musk aren't just 'random' chronically online Internet randos punching at the air on Twitter. They are two globally-recognized chronically online billionaires who use their wealth to fund and propel their own political platforms and control shares of their respective industries.
And they used that power to create hate mobs rooted in blatant misinformation and bigotry-motivated delusion to specifically target an Olympic competitor who would go on to win gold for her country.
I'm not a lawyer, but this feels like something that should go far beyond a personal case of defamation and cyberbullying and into a case of deliberate abuse of political power towards a political entity.
I know Rowling and Musk will each pull their own cartoon villain stunts to keep themselves out of jail, but I am PRAYING that this kills two birds with one stone, not just out of wanting to see justice for Khelif, but to send a message that billionaires like Rowling and Musk are not above the law and should not be exempt from the consequences of their actions simply because they are billionaires.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST
#reblog#also yeah though this is a fandom blog this is also my way of confirming that i do not tolerate rowling / musk nonsense here#they are literally the villains they warned us about in saturday morning cartoons growing up#but now those same people who made those cartoons are surprised that those kids are now grown ups and aren't tolerating their BS#to the point that now they're convinced they're oppressed when they're literally just rich scumbags#congrats rowling#you're literally fucking voldemort :)#if anything rowling going to jail will at least get her out of her moldy ass house#maybe then nature can start to heal LMAO#manifest#also sorry to my follows because this is a lot more political than the fandom nonsense i usually post#but it was too good not to talk about because the whole khelif situation has been on my mind for days now#so now seeing that she's suing rowling and musk AND it could potentially lead to jail time ??? HELL yeah that deserves an essay#send rowling to azkaban#send musk to the emerald mines#and let it be a warning to bezos LOL#this is the plot twist that we need please please PLEASE let it happen
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I promised not to get political but everyone being in a funk makes it hard not to say anything...
Let me just say that moving is the worst mistake you can make if you're American (unless you are not born there I guess), I know you're not happy but dwelling and moping ain't gonna fix nor change life, as humans we adapted and improvise day to day.
But I'm serious! Moving can be more trouble than it's worth, Most of my family lives in Canada and let's just say housing there is terrible (unless you're filthy rich) not to mention everything is way more expensive like basic essentials. There is also health care which is "free" at a cost of waiting 7 to 16 hours in the ER just to be told off In some cases, not to mention getting a doctor is a chore and a half. And I'm not gonna even go on about wages...
I also might add that the moron who is in charge has been going strong for 8 years and can keep on running despite most of the population's hate for him. This mofo could stay for 20 years if he had his way, and voting does sh!t if you live on the western side of Canada. To put simply my Family what's him out, and moving to another country is something they can't nor want to do despite his rule.
Listen at the end of the day idiots run the world but leaving one situation/country over another won't help (unless you're in immediate danger), just trust me on that.
#DSD577#tw politics#cw politics#also it breaks my heart to see people using their art as free propaganda for causes that can supply their own BS...#We have newspapers for this!#you'll never see me use my skills for political propaganda#sorry folks
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hello liesel yes liesel this is me doing stalin dracula voice please liesel i vant to vatch cowboy movies vith you again. remember lord of the rings? throw the cowboy hat in the fire woody!! fuck you buzz lightyear!! remember this lucky luke? let me explain to you why this lucky luke guy is so lucky. you see his mother was stronger with the force. they let her play with guns and swords once and the revolution kept going from there. but they never gave her a blood test they just gave her a boyfriend who overpasses yoda on the epic blood score and a plot to follow. an ego and an id, it seems. compulsory heterosexuality with the chosen one is a bitch bc the author choses here. padmes a lesbian. and so is anakin. this sucks for everyone
they all fucked up here. she was just funnier than the guys with the blank contract wanting to trade. she was like fuck you on my planet theres 2 things we hate more than stars and wars. its contractual bullshit and compulsory bullshit and this is both.
no seriously two random aliens are like. dont trust the military parade today. its an invasion and they want to trade. its the trade federation in ottawa in a decade or two. idk the thing is im funny enough to go guns blazing for no reason too. why not thats the whole invitation. alien invasion? surrender the crown of earth? i have more childish bullshit for you even at 29 im not a lawyer. and THESE NEGOTIATIONS CANNOT TAKE PLACE
#episode 1 is such a great movie theres just so much going on that its hard to follow the actual political bs its hilarious#you cannot sign the treaty who cares what it says its not important#why not? sorry kids naboo politics are too communist for you
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hm.
#if my mom could stop actively trying to buy and feed horse tranquilizer to my whole family that would be great.#like yeah sure it would be great if the rest of the utter bs could stop too#but it would be so nice if she realized that horse tranquilizer will not cure all our ills (including being politically left)#like the number of times she suggested we go to mexico (a country she famously hates for racist reasons)#(she refuses to buy fruit and vegetables grown in mexico) in the last few weeks bc she thinks she can get horse tranquilizer for us there i#uh#unreal#sorry just looked it up apparently it's horse dewormer not tranquilizer whateverrrrrrrrr
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Have you ever miss social distancing?
Rarely, sometimes. Mostly when it’s super crowded/you’re forced to stay in a line for a long time. The sudden rise in online availability of services and institutions was nice though and I‘m glad it stuck in some places (especially as someone dependent on the -pun half intended- utter train wreck that is the DB train system lmao)
#another anon ask#though for a short while we had a rule going on that was like#^yea you can only meet with 2 people at a time^#???#Bro what if there’s 4 people living in the house#sorry man you’re getting orphaned now#not to mention news made a big drama of Muslim families endangering everyone by meeting for sugar fest and whatnot#while going like ^oh no Christmas is gonna be ruined that’s so sad :(^#whicc was also utter bs (man the amount of racism#pulled out of arses to justify destroying non-Cvristians ans Immigant decendents in general#no wonder this place is replaying the 30's rn)#needless to say it did not stick for long#though it was in no part because of the systemic racism#yea no sorry I just. Do NOT miss the overlying political bs that came with it.
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Thoroughly convinced that I've completed twelve hours worth of work in the past 45 minutes. Don't ask me how but I think I should get to leave work now.
#my head is NOT in the game today#i did one thing quicker than expected and now i just want to chillax#this is not productive towards that promotion but also if they keep blowing me off then i should get to be petty#like my manager is trying or whatever but office politics is dumb#gotta find room in “”the budget“”#bitch we are forced to sit through an hour and a half speech twice a year all about how this is “”the most profitable year we've ever had!!“#so im calling bs on everything#why am i even here i want to work in research not this hellscape#but finding something that doesnt require my soul and +50hr work weeks is so hard#sorry that i also like having a personal life#i refuse to waste my youth burning out at work#even the 40hr work week is bs but I'll at least suck it up that much. most weeks.
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along with millions of people already don't vote, what's the campaign going to do after the election? If Trump wins, he'll do his best to position conservatives in positions that extends far beyond the presidential office, (even though he'd also try to keep his power there as much as possible). Dismantling environmental agencies, protections from minorities, installing judges, expanding executive power... and much more. Not to sound all doom and gloom, but I'm pretty doom and gloom about it. Things that Republicans in the US are very very good at are
getting their core voters to vote
makeing sure voting is complicated to keep democratic leaning voters off
making sure minor offices and positions are filled with conservatives (note: two county judge positions in my my county are running unopposed. they're technically non-partisan, but US does a lot of legislation through the courts so..)
on top of this, Trump is even more keen on expanding his own personal power and filling every position he can with his family and sycophants.
and once he is in power, it's done. the Democrats could change their policy to "earn" your vote, but will it matter?
the presidential election is not where you change and question the system. Ask questions of your local politicians. Vote for the more progressives on your city council, you school board, whatever. Show your local democrats the pressure to go more progressive. Vote for 3rd party candidates for city and build a viable 3rd party. Not voting in the presidential election tells the campaign nothing.
So there's something I want to say re: intentionally withholding your vote, and I want to do it without coming across as condescending or dismissive.
I've worked as a field organizer in two campaigns, 2010 and 2012, and my job was to help turnout the vote for Democratic candidates up and down the ticket. Technology may have changed, but people are still knocking on doors for specific voters the way they were 12 years ago.
If you say you're not voting/voting 3rd party, the campaign volunteer is supposed to mark that and move on. Their job, in the final month of the election, is to make sure the campaign's supporters have all the information and resources they need to cast a vote.
They aren't collecting data on why you're withholding your vote. They aren't submitting opinion polling results to the campaign. Something like 155 million people voted in the 2020 election, and if you say you're not voting, the campaign is not going to waste a volunteer's time and morale begging you to vote when there are literally millions of other voters to turn out.
Let me repeat that: The campaign does not track why you're not voting. They simply note your vote is not a priority for turnout and move on.
I say this because I see a lot of promotion of non-voting like that's a boycott, when the function is not the same. A boycott is a coordinated mass refusal to engage with an institution—which sounds similar if you see a vote as a good or service to withhold. Unfortunately, it's not.
A vote is a choice you're making as part of a community hiring committee. Your abstention doesn't prevent someone from being hired. It just lowers the threshold for the worst candidate to succeed.
All this to say: In my direct experience as an organizer, abstaining from the vote sends a message. That message is not "You need to try harder to win my vote." It's "Don't waste time on me."
#politics#us politics#sorry for politics in this politics free space#but sending a message by not voting is BS#as best is good intentioned progressives#at worst you fell for foreign social media influence and meddling
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