Makes me feel a bit better about my general political anxiousness.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    411·
    4 months ago

    Never assume that they are doing what you would do. They live in a separate reality where they are consistently superior to, and yet somehow also constantly oppressed, by others.

    • 200ok@lemmy.world
      22·
      4 months ago

      Good reminder for everyone to vote.

      just under 50% of people voted in Ohio in the 2020 election.

      Trump won by 8%.

      If just 9% of the people who felt like you (what’s the point of voting) had showed up to vote for Biden, that would have flipped the state.

      No single raindrop believes it can make any difference. But together, all those insignificant raindrops can change the course of a river in a single day.

      ~ https://lemmy.jmtr.org/post/613802/1924144 via /u/listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io

      • aasatru@kbin.earthOP
        91·
        4 months ago

        This comment is beautiful. Always vote.

        Less, beautiful, more wordy:

        1. Even if you don’t manage to flip a seat, your neighbours who feel the same hopelessness as you will look at the results at some point. Your vote will make them know they are not alone. It matters.
        2. Any change in the right direction is significant, and worth fighting for - voting for it is a no-brainer. The margins might make the difference between people voting or giving up staying at home at the next election.
        3. They won’t you to believe you shouldn’t even bother. Don’t fall for it.
        4. Georgia flipped the Senate seat in '22, for the first time since the 90s. It’s possible.

        Go vote, folks.

        • Revan343@lemmy.ca
          4·
          4 months ago

          If voting didn’t matter, Republicans wouldn’t try so hard to stop people from voting

      • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        As a Californian, my vote for president is practically moot, but I still vote because my votes for state and local elections are much more impactful, and I try to do at least enough research that I’m not stabbing in the dark, and if I don’t feel informed enough, I leave that one blank.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    4 months ago

    Na, their hatred of anything that isn’t a white Christan will sustain them.

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
    26·
    4 months ago

    How many of these people do you think exist? Ballpark is fine if you don’t have an exact count.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        28·
        4 months ago

        I guess a joke is the only possible answer to this, right? Because you have no idea?

        Have you even considered the question?

        • Artyom@lemm.ee
          4·
          4 months ago

          I think that 74 million figure demonstrates that not only have they pondered the question, but they’ve reached a definitive conclusion on the thought and did some research to get an exact number for you. Any further questions?

          • intensely_human@lemm.ee
            14·
            4 months ago

            As long as there’s stuff not being acknowledged there will always be questions.

            You guys haven’t considered the size of the problem. What’s more, you’re afraid to. Because numbers aren’t spinnable. You say a number, you can be wrong, right, high, low, etc. Numbers put you somewhere, bring new information to light.

            Numbers are falsifiable. Which is incompatible with the nature of this kind of talk. It’s not about describing reality. It’s about pushing a narrative.

            Numbers don’t really matter in fiction. It doesn’t push a narrative forward.

            Asking about numbers is a way of saying “Do you consider this a real problem, or is it just a fun fantasy to give your actions justification?”

            Do you know what I mean?