What a shocker, garbage people hiding out in the cesspool of America.
They’ve probably had a wonderful past few years, what with the living on the lam, no gainful employment, inability to live a regular life, etc. Bless 'em
The statistics being kept on January 6 is astounding.
More than 1,265 defendants have been charged in nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Let’s ponder this. Say for the purpose of discussion that this number (1265) is a fraction of the total that would support #45 no matter what. So lets think population curves, can we infer 10X (12,650) or even 100X supporters (120,650), or even 1000X (1,206,500). According to (https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/registered-voters-by-party) there are 210,000,000 registered voters. Simple math tells us this is approximately 0.57% of the voting populace. What is with the tyranny of the minority? They aren’t the “Silent Majority”, but rather The Vocal Minority. Why do we care? Get you and your friends, family, colleagues, neighbors to the polls. The GOP minority hates this one simple trick, VOTE.
Simple math tells us this is approximately 0.57% of the voting populace.
That’s basically a meaningless statement when your math is based on a number you completely pulled out of thin air.
Not thin air, just people committed enough to trump to get convicted. It’s a round figure guestimate, for the purpose of discussion, as I said, Mate. You got a better number, heck you got a worse number, throw it out there, and we’ll talk about it. Or, as you’ve already demonstrated, you aren’t interested in talking about it. All good, either way, with me, Mate.
Voting doesn’t really matter much. The fascists have won.
Dems had the White House and Congress for two years. They didn’t do anything meaningful to stop the resurgence of fascism, but they did raise a lot of money ($80 million in fact) when it was leaked that Roe was being repealed.
Now, Idaho is all set to fully criminalize abortion. Within a year or two, it’ll be almost half the states.
How does voting help exactly? Your basic human rights shouldn’t depend on what state you’re born in, but now they do, and it’s because the Democrats in the Federal Government are more concerned about getting rich than fulfilling their campaign promises.
If voting didn’t matter the fascists wouldn’t be trying so hard to prevent it.
I definitely don’t want to excuse how ineffective a lot of Democrats have been, but not voting isn’t how you change that behavior; getting more involved is.
I definitely don’t want to excuse how ineffective a lot of Democrats have been, but not voting isn’t how you change that behavior; getting more involved is.
30 years ago maybe. It’s too late now.
What exactly is your plan for the future, if you really believe it’s too late now? Just let the fascists take over and hope they don’t come for you?
I’m going to do what I already do, take care of myself and do what I can to take care of my friends. The only real impact any of us can have now is local, because the fascists have already won at the Federal level and I live in a very red state.
The only real plan I have at the moment is just to get a vasectomy sometime this year. I don’t want to risk fathering a child when it’s likely my state will criminalize abortion in the near future.
To echo @Psudo’s point, higher engagement and turnout is key, even (and especially) when it feels like it’s meaningless. Paying attention to local and state politics and politicians is an avenue to support the kinds of representatives you’d like to see setting more national policy. It’s also a way to improve your state and local politics. Maine had some great turnout and engagement around getting ranked choice voting instituted as our way of electing most of our politicians, and now the debate is on improving it and how hard we’re allowed to mock the folks supporting the 937^th attempt to overturn it. RCV, STAR, and other alternatives to FPTP elections help to keep political extremes from setting policy, which can in turn improve how effective local votes are. It’ll never happen from disengagement though. And gerrymandered systems can be brittle, sometimes requiring only a small increase in turnout to be overcome.
may they also catch fire