Oooh Schumer and Jeffries… They know they’re on the outs. Half the caucus is against them on this.

Anyone who actually read your rebuttal thoughtfully would not be convinced. You are sidestepping every point. I point out who’s better on an issue today, you find a different issue to complain about, or dig into the historical record when there wasn’t yet differentiation on a question.

As a Cuban whether he’s worse off under Obama or Trump. Ask a woman trying to get an abortion in Florida. Ask the Israel lobby if they’re nervous about MI and KS still. They shovel money loke they’re scared. They hide McConnell like they’re scared.

I’m not saying that one can vote in revolutionary change, but voting absolutely matters. That’s why they try to restrict it. That’s why ungodly piles of cash get burned to influence it. That’s why spooks copy your rhetoric.

I mean, what’s a social issue you might care about? Trans rights? Sure, let’s go with that. Which party issued guidance for including gender identity under Title IX protections? And which party is in charge in the states with bathroom bills?

What about economic and industrial policy? Which party was in charge to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger? Under which party was the Skydance-Paramount merger completed?

Which party’s NLRB overruled Specialty Healthcare, and which one restored it?

Which party is cracking around the question of enternal military support for Israel, and which party still steadfastly supports them?

Decorum my ass. Build anything, literally anything, that’s nearly as effective as a fucking vote and I’ll spare you a thought. But this “Don’t vote” bullshit is tired as fuck. It doesn’t educate workers about about what to do, and it’s actually fucking incorrect.

Ah yes I see absolutely no difference between these two puppets. I have seen absolutely no difference between the leadership and policies of these two organizations. None whatsoever.

I will instead do the third thing depicted in the meme that takes literally 10m out of two Tuesdays a year and is actually effective.

Taking care of one’s mental health is good, as is encouraging it in others. Would never want to be in a community that didn’t care about people.

But also, can we develop communities that build resilience rather than neuroticism? That attract the well? That facilitate change in the world and human thriving rather than…you know, the shit we often actually see.

We’re still in the comments under the meme where Dr robotnik, played by Jim Carrey and labeled as “Liberal”, gets to push either the “Revolution” button or the “Vote” button, and villainously chooses the latter. I did not decide that this is a binary choice, I simply agreed with the villain in the picture.

The idea that I should trust “people in my own class” categorically is insane, but that’s not even who I’m talking about. I’m just talking about the kinds of people I’ve met who think of voting and revolution in this binary way, who condemn anything short of insurrection. I’ve seen how these people live, and the most apt description is usually “barely”. Too neurotic, too online, too personally disorganized to actually change the world. Never met an IRL Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, or Sankara.

So imma let them work on that. Meanwhile, given the world as it is, between “Do revolution” and “Vote” I’ll vote every time.

Indeed.

Lol

Vote for a politician who advocates for slightly better policies, or…try to build a paramilitary with people I wouldn’t trust to run a lemonade stand with?

Yeah I’m gonna vote so hard let me tell you.