i'm sure posting that made you feel powerful

thanks for lying about who i am, asshole

i'm on your side, and you reject me

you self-select for isolation

you *seek* irrelevancy and alienation

you see people playing the game called reality, and you hate it

regardless of if they represent better or worse?

ok

get that outrage flowing

enjoy yourself

but don't lie to yourself that your way will ever work for anything except tweaking your ego

someday, try to be *effective*

false

in this world you get a choice between better or worse

that's it

that's your best deal. ever. anywhere

even in revolution, nevermind democracy. is revolution vanguards of ideological purity crushing all opposition? no. it's the same shit, just more blood

what you do is you pick better. you sustain. you iterate

eventually, you get good

if you never even try because perfect isn't on the table, by your absence, aggregate with other toxic idealists like you, malice wins

well said

and there is no such thing as morality without action. sitting in an ivory tower and judging the world for being insufficient isn't morality. it's just ego masturbation

morality requires action. and all action is imperfect

it's messy in reality. it's always messy

but these toxic idealist idiots won't act until it's perfect?

meaning they are just making excuses to themselves to never act at all, and imagining themselves as moral

they have no morality

#vote

nothing will happen in the streets without the vote

if the will of the people is clearly expressed and ignored, that's enough popular anger to do something

if no one votes, no one cares. if no one cares, a few will start something, and be quickly defeated. we might not even know what they were fighting for

there is no revolution without the vote first

If we can we'll do it by vote, if not we'll have to do it in the streets. At that point it won't be peaceful protests, It'll be far more violent than what we've see so far. Be Prepared.

@benroyce

Well worded.
Spot on.
Important.

this is at the heart of choosing to be powerless, i.e. refusing to vote: power comes with responsibility, and these people think that by renouncing power they wash their hands of responsibility too. but power doesn't work that way: you have it whether you disavow it or not. refusing to act on a moral imperative doesn't negate either power or responsibility. it means that they used their power for ill.

if our vote didn't matter, why are they taking it away?

i admit i'm terrified

i live in Louisiana, it's clear the minority that hates is in total control & does not want all people to ever, ever, ever have equal access to representation