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Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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But it'll all be fine, I'm sure it'll blow over and never affect me (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everything you said should be enough to get people to vote, but the sad reality is reducing it to that may not be enough.

I understand why it isn't enough for a lot of people. I think the biggest reason people don't vote is they don't feel their vote matters all that much, and/or they see a certain futility in the whole thing. I understand why, in the face of that apparent futility, many people feel powerless and thus choose to disengage. But, yes, as you've said, disengagement does nothing and the only way to take back power is greater engagement. The powerful want us to feel powerless, they want us to be disengaged and they want us to be misinformed, thus we gain power by being informed and engaged, which will lead to us feeling empowered, which promotes even greater engagement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I vote in every election. I’m a very well educated, very well informed voter. I know the issues, I know the candidates, I know their track record. Basically, you couldn’t find a more ideal voter. But, I only have one vote.

And so does every illiterate, uninformed, uninterested person who might stumble into a voting booth by accident.

The only thing I CAN do is show up, and hope an idiot with a different view stays home. And even if they vote as well, I’ll at least have the satisfaction of knowing I negated their vote.

I might not always get what I want, but I’ll damn sure show up just in case more of my guys do. Voting is a team effort and I’m doing my part.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can also combat the propaganda, misinformation, and poorly informed people on social media. You can donate and volunteer, too.