In the past things would push to an extreme before an election and then the same bland moderation would return with a continual gradual push towards more war, more federal spending, and more progressive social policies. In the last five years or so there's been an unwillingness to moderate or even to just stop dehumanizing the opposition to war (I count covid as a war against everyday people), spending, or progressivism.
I didn't vote intentionally for the first time in my life because there wasn't anyone on the ballot who I see as returning my state to any sort of sane moderate position. Even if all R's got into office, there wasn't going to be any resolution or stoppage of any of the above. That's a fantasy that put out to keep people passive thinking that through voting they can cause the state to act in their interest. The state does what the state is going to do regardless of who you vote for.
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branchandroot
Re: Voted against Covidianism
Date: 2022-11-09 11:00 am (UTC)I didn't vote intentionally for the first time in my life because there wasn't anyone on the ballot who I see as returning my state to any sort of sane moderate position. Even if all R's got into office, there wasn't going to be any resolution or stoppage of any of the above. That's a fantasy that put out to keep people passive thinking that through voting they can cause the state to act in their interest. The state does what the state is going to do regardless of who you vote for.