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      I have talked to people. That’s how I’ve found fellow socialists at work, alongside some others who are increasingly (and surprisingly) critical of capitalism and systematic issues affecting them.

      Obviously culture changes from place to place, I don’t know your circumstances, but I expected my workplace to be especially conservative.

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        I was surprised how few people I work with are Republicans. Yeah it’s a union shop but it’s still hard to find in manufacturing. It may just be that they keep their mouths shut to avoid being outed, I don’t know.

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          Maybe. It could also be just a general aversion of politics in the workplace, it’s usually not a good place to start (non-work related) political fights.

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            Actually politics are pretty well discussed here, especially because of our current situation in the economy, plus talks of moving to Mexico.

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      in turkey there are 400 thousand communists that always vote for minority parties and a fuck load more that vote for other parties because minority parties have no chance

      This is in an extremely conservative country and you might see through that USA, Germany, Britain and alike have a higher percentage of such population

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    Sadly election results prove every few years, that you are the only one seeking radical change.

    ~30-50% want extreme conservativism/capitalism. ~20-40% want everything as-is.
    ~30% want mild improvements like a really low UBI.
    <5% want to get rid of oligarchs.
    <.1% want to eliminate suffering.

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        The ones who vote are the only ones who matter unless we unite to change things by other means.

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        Those that do not vote don’t seem to vote meaningfully different from voters.

        This is to be expected, as non-voters either don’t care to vote as they have their own problems, or have a general mistrust of the voting system. These traits are not specific to progressives or conservatives, so they don’t skew the outcome meaningfully.

        As much as i would like it, there is no 1/3 of the population that is made from antinatalist communists just waiting for the signal.

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          America is doing something wrong to have so many fail to vote

          Australia has 90 to 95% voter turnout

          We hold elections on weekends

          We use a single transferable vote, so you can safely vote for who you actually support

          We have a rule that you must vote, enforced by a tiny fine

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      Others have done that, we should analyze how they managed to do it and what we can learn from them that applies to our conditions and what does not.

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        You’ll need a place for the dialogue. Do you know anywhere that would work? I don’t know how we can organize at that level, but I’m willing to learn.