I'm not responsible for a situation that was created to force me to choose between who dies when nobody has to die. I refuse the gaslighting. My action is pointing this out now because I'm not the only one sick of this shit. Look how many sat out. Will they change or is this illusion of choice?
If it's an illusion of choice, then what's the point? It feels like the whole thing is designed for us to FEEL free so we don't bring out the guillotines. And look around. People are getting more and more ok with guillotines. It's insane to keep doing the same shit expecting different results.
But they probably have all this calculated. More people vote for the lesser of two evils than would like to admit it. I don't like admitting that I voted for a literal fucking cop. THIS SOON AFTER BLM. It's embarrassing. They ran a "black" woman COP and it was so out of touch. For the libs...
Voting and guillotines are not mutually exclusive strategies (obviously at some point the latter would override the former but you can try both)
Nobody I've voted for in any election since moving here has won. It's so ridiculously gerrymandered. I've always voted but I'm not assuring my vote anymore. They gotta earn it or I won't have representation. I'll just have overlords. If they ratchet right again, then I truly won't vote.
Pretty fucked up how it all comes down to a few counties in swing states to decide between a giant douche and a turd sandwich. I'm not gonna play this game forever. It's a waste of time and effort at a certain point and I don't think we are asking for too much. Our standards aren't that high.
You're morally responsible for how you respond to problems, even if you didn't create them. It sucks. If you think that sitting out will create a strong enough signal that a future, hypothetical election will turn out better (modulo the cost of time and uncertainty), that's a valid risk to take.
If I think elections are pointless, then why would I signal to others that I think they matter by voting? I would look for meaningful forms of resistance or just move somewhere that isn't shit... probably far away from people. Disingenuous politicians aren't gonna cut it. Guillotines might.
Yeah, I think a key assumption is that I assume nonvoters are largely regarded as uninformed and ignorant (not saying you are). I could be wrong, but I don't think they're seen as a protest bloc with their own politics. Ie, if I'm right, not voting isn't a signal that will hasten the revolution.
I've never been a nonvoter before but I always voted by the platform and not the party. I've already shifted my focus to organizing locally. And I don't mean for a party. More top vs bottom than left vs right. Everybody deserves to eat and I can cook so that's been my main thing lately.
But I'm also a combat vet if it comes to that. I really should be doing firearms and martial arts training for my people. Disability was shitting on me hard for a few years there though. Trying to accept that I gotta put my own oxygen mask on before I can help others put theirs on