The post is by Kevin M. Kruse - a lib historian.
Kevin Michael Kruse (born 1972) is an American historian and a professor of history at Princeton University. […] Kruse self-identifies as a liberal, though he has stated that he is “too amenable to compromise and coalition-building to be an avatar of the far left”.
I guess my comment to him that Biden is a génocidaire wasn’t “coalition-building” enough so he blocked me. Haha.
Voting is pointless. Got it.
They are trying so hard to convince themselves that they are the moral and smart ones for voting in favor of genocide.
It’s amazing the way all these silly rationales collapse the moment you apply the logic from the other side or even just follow the logic beyond the exact rhetorical cul-de-sac they’ve convinced themselves is the whole world.
Not voting for a candidate just tells them they won’t ever get your vote, so why bother changing.
So what does voting for them unconditionally do?
It… umm… well… ensures they rely our your vote instead of going to the right. Which gives you power… somehow
Power I can use by threatening to withhold my vote?
No, because then they know you’re not reliable and can and will ignore you.
So my choice is to vote against my interests and morals and be ignored, while supporting a monster. Or not do that, be ignored, and focus on something else.
Uhm no. I mean yes. But no because something something Trump, something something you can’t come to my dinner party
I think the rationale is something like:
If the democrats/Labour/the SPD etc. (ie. the lib blob party) gets few votes they will be afraid and move right to claw back those votes.
If the lib blob party gets many votes they feel safe to do the good things they really want to do.
If the lib blob party does bad things it is evidence that they didn’t get enough votes and you have to vote for them. Anything bad the lib blob does is the voters’ fault.
THERE IS NO WAY THE AVERAGE CITIZEN CAN PUSH A POLITICIAN IN ANY DIRECTION IF THAT POLITICIAN KNOWS THOSE PEOPLE ARE GUARANTEED TO VOTE FOR THEM NOMATTER WHAT.
THE ONLY WAY IS TO COMMUNICATE DEMANDS EN BLOC, THREATEN TO WITHHOLD VOTES IF IGNORED, AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT.
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