Dems are in power and trans people are in more danger than ever, roe v wade may be struck down, republicans somehow are more imposing from a losing position, and nothing is being done to expand voting rights. the “VOTE!!” people can’t even make voting work!

— Keifer (@DannyVegito) May 3, 2022

Remember this?

“Listen, kiddo, I get it. I don’t like the two-party system. I think our country is corrupt and, quite frankly, I don’t wanna vote for Biden; it feels like voting for a Republican, but I’m gonna do it! You wanna know WHY ? BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS A FUCKING FASCIST. A FASCIST. IT’S A FASCIST. Maybe we can have the conversation about dismantling the two-party system when A FASCIST ISN’T RUNNING. Maybe we can do that LATER, KIDDO. CHAMP. CHIEF. Maybe we can talk about it LATER.”

Vote or don’t vote, but let’s not pretend like voting is the decisive action a person can take when more people in the United States vote for Democrats than ever before but reactionaries gain more power.

Vote or don’t vote, but the Republicans have gotten the most votes for president once since 1988 yet have super majorities all over the country, a judiciary packed with their ideologues, and every single corner of the USA has more cops since 2020, overwhelmingly willing to align with this numerical minority and keep them in power. All the Democrats you vote for will give them more money and power, too.

Vote or don’t vote, kiddo, but come November 2024, the pitch will be exactly the same.

You can vote harder, or you can do things harder than voting.

A Commenter:

Yeah it’s such a bullshit argument when it’s not the blue states passing draconian laws against women and trans folks. It’s not democrats trying to strip people of the right to control their own bodies.
Democrats may have won the White house but they had huge losses in Congress and the Senate, and in state elections across the board.

Biden is a diet republican, he wrote what became the Patriot act. The democrats are weak tea but the GOP is literally poison.

I frequently call the DNC “the do nothing commission”. The two party system absolutely needs to end, we need to have 3-6 parties. But right now it’s all we’ve got and encouraging people to not vote is only going to let things slide down hill even faster than they already are.

Can you quote the part where someone is being encouraged to not vote? Because it sounds like you made up a guy for this comment.

The post and added commentary is about how electoralism is a problem, how when certain people see something awful happen they say, “that’s why it’s more important than ever to VOTE!”

In fact, voting is not that important when compared to all of these other things that need to be done and done all the time, which is why we’re not even bothering to tell people not to do that one thing.

Vote or don’t vote, but regardless or whether you do or not, the fascists and other reactionaries are doing the work week after week, month after month, year after year, not taking the bait that if they elect someone in particular, their problems will be solved.