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Non voters definitionally don't contribute, that's like the whole point.
They made a choice and did not choose the option that would minimize the chance of Trump getting elected
For sure, i'm an always-voter so i agree, but that's an abstract point without any real world impact. If a bunch of lefties in safe dem seats don't vote, it literally could not make a difference.
Focusing on that as if lefties are part of the reason we have trump is a) simply not true and b) provides cover for the real causes: the rich, their servants in the DNC and our non-democractic electoral system c) redirects ire against the only people with practical, popular alternatives to fascism.
The real criticism is not against non-voters it's against people on the internet trying to sow cynicism in order to reduce turnout among those who might otherwise support a progressive cause.
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