Not really. They are more “fuck the guy on the left, he didn’t make implement my favorite policy the last time, and he said this one thing this one time, I will never vote for him”.
I’ve literally argued with people saying it’s better not to vote and we should let conservatives win so people will get mad enough to revolt. Eventually.
I think it’s a level of naive optimism to think society will collapse and we’ll make something better, other than the harsh reality that this will continue plodding on. Real change is slow, and unglamorous.
It’s like the people who believe and really want the rapture to happen, so they don’t have to cope with their everyday life.
“Don’t worry, The Revolution will come any day now, no one knows when, and it’ll make things All Better.”
ugh, I’ve had some success by arguing you should at least deface a ballot. Why assume they’ll know you’re mad and not lazy. If 10% of people wrote in “fuck all y’all” you might actually get people trying to win over their vote.
“You showed up for the protests didn’t you? You didn’t just assume they got the message did you?”
Not really. They are more “fuck the guy on the left, he didn’t make implement my favorite policy the last time, and he said this one thing this one time, I will never vote for him”.
Crickets about the guy on the right.
I’ve literally argued with people saying it’s better not to vote and we should let conservatives win so people will get mad enough to revolt. Eventually.
I think it’s a level of naive optimism to think society will collapse and we’ll make something better, other than the harsh reality that this will continue plodding on. Real change is slow, and unglamorous.
It’s like the people who believe and really want the rapture to happen, so they don’t have to cope with their everyday life.
“Don’t worry, The Revolution will come any day now, no one knows when, and it’ll make things All Better.”
ugh, I’ve had some success by arguing you should at least deface a ballot. Why assume they’ll know you’re mad and not lazy. If 10% of people wrote in “fuck all y’all” you might actually get people trying to win over their vote.
“You showed up for the protests didn’t you? You didn’t just assume they got the message did you?”
But man it’s like talking to a wall
I think there’s more effective ways to show you’re angry than throwing your vote away.
Robots that scan ballots don’t give a shit about your scribbles and will just not count the vote.
Then you’re back to accelerationist nonsense
Accelerationism is rational if you assume the country is doomed. But I don’t think that assumption is rational.
They also don’t appreciate what actual societal collapse would be like.