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  • Even if you do organize, you need to do something with the people you’ve gathered together.

    I’ve been a part of this small local socialist group for a couple of years now and sometimes I feel like we’ve tried nothing too. We’re the same as everyone else. We have ideas but we don’t really seem to act on them all that much.








  • If you truly care, that’s where you’ll direct that passion.

    Here’s a question: are you doing all of that yourself?

    It just sounds to me like you’re attempting to say that people shouldn’t care or shouldn’t be frustrated if they’re not willing to spend every waking minute of their lives working towards change. And yes, while change does take time and effort, asking average citizens to go above and beyond doing their civic duty of voting is a bit much.

    This genuinely sounds like usual Republican rhetoric of “if you cared so much it wouldn’t be this way.”






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    Not surprising. Israel had the tech to bug everyones phones.

    The Israeli NSO group which is a day 1 hacks group developed the Pegasus spyware and found lots of creative ways to get it on peoples phones. They also sold it later on to just about anyone who was willing to pay.






  • This might upset people but when we joke about things I think a lot of times we normalize it. We do it as a means of coping with the insanity in front of us but in turn we often deescalate the overall seriousness of the issue. I don’t think this is particularly good for voter turnout. I feel like this was partly how Trump managed to win the presidency in 2016. People memed and laughed about the idea of it occurring, didn’t take it seriously and well it happened.

    I apologize for being a stick in the mud, it’s not my intention to be the meme police or take away your joy but I agree with the sentiment that we shouldn’t trivialize what’s at stake by laughing it off.