Political Memes

Huh let me see, choosing between genocide or genocide. Tough choice. Boy howdy.

There's a certain amount of self reflection and questioning that's worthwhile and sometimes it definitely is the lesser of two evils when voting. I wouldn't say any political party or system is perfect, therefore there's still valid and worthwhile criticisms to be made. It would be nice to see choice ranked voting and to officially end gerrymandering.

So if I were in the US, I'd have how many choices? Two (2)?

Ashley B noted in one of her YouTube videos (Here we go) that in 2016, the largest focus of social media campaigns by Cambridge Analytica and by Russian assets, targeted black voters in battleground states to encourage them not to vote.

And yeah, the gerrymandering war, voter suppression campaigns, voter caging, election tampering, false rumors of massive election fraud, all these are Republican efforts. When states have free and fair elections to which everyone has access and is allowed to vote, then Democrats win over Republicans.

The fact that this is still a thing is baffling to me. I am, by no means, a fan of Establishment Democrats. But this is why we have primaries. We can walk and chew gum at the same time; vote for progressives in the primaries, vote agaist the fascists at the same time.

And while we're at it, between primaries, we criticize the people we elect because we demand better of them. And we warn them that they will lose to a progressive next primary if they don't find the plot again.

This is not very hard. We can't just note vote if we want to escapw the jaws of fascism without a civil war. We don't have to like establishment democrats, but right now electing a do-nothing is objective improvement. It's voting to get more time. And if the narrative for the democratic party is a progressive narrative, then progressive candidates can drag them kicking and screaming further to the left where they either find some values, or we send them to an early retirement next primary. We call this process "democracy."

And I don't wanna hear shit about it being "rigged." If Viktor Orbon couldn't hold on to an openly rigged system, the DNC doesn't have that much more control either! Half the fucking country doesn't vote. If everyone did, they couldn't ignore the mandate. And so we circle back to the meme above: if you're discouraging people from voting, you are part of the problem. Get them informed, get them motivated, get them registered, make a plan, and go with them if you have to! This is the easiest call to action we will get. If we fail to meet it, the next one will be a lot more painful for the whole world.

People actually still believe there's going to be free elections in November... ROFL

Trump is fully intending to pull a Netenyua and call a national emergency to stay in power.

If the States didn't have a system that makes voting third-party an effectively wasted vote, this strategy wouldn't be as overwhelming.

I have been making sure my newly or soon to be 18 year old stepchildren and nieces and nephews all understand that voting is not just who is in Washington, but also who is deciding what happens right around us. Local elections are so much more important than I ever really understood at their age.