As a progressive my optimism has always been based on the fact that we outnumber regressives. They have to pull all kinds of shit to make it harder for us to vote and stop our votes from counting. What I failed to consider is that when it really mattered, really REALLY fucking matters… a lot of us would just decide not to show up.
The real reason isn’t being discussed. They don’t think their vote matters. They think it’s a bunch of screaming into the void and it won’t change. It will, but just not in a way anyone expects.
The problem is that regressives will keep trying over and over to make things worse. They only need to win once, while progressives need to win every bettle just for things to not get worse.
You’re right, but an even bigger problem is that to win any battle you have to show up, and 10 million democrats who voted in 2020 didn’t bother to vote in 2024. Given Trump’s slim margins in all the swing states, these absent dems could have given Kamala the landslide electoral win he got. A lot of them blame the party for not providing a better candidate, but IMO when people are willing to go barefoot on broken glass because they don’t like the shoes available, we’re kinda doomed.
As a progressive my optimism has always been based on the fact that we outnumber regressives. They have to pull all kinds of shit to make it harder for us to vote and stop our votes from counting. What I failed to consider is that when it really mattered, really REALLY fucking matters… a lot of us would just decide not to show up.
Ive been hearing my whole life that Women, Minorities and young people are sick of their lives being run y old white men.
They ran a young educated black woman against a old white billionaire in his 70s and they still didnt turn up.
The real reason isn’t being discussed. They don’t think their vote matters. They think it’s a bunch of screaming into the void and it won’t change. It will, but just not in a way anyone expects.
The problem is that regressives will keep trying over and over to make things worse. They only need to win once, while progressives need to win every bettle just for things to not get worse.
You’re right, but an even bigger problem is that to win any battle you have to show up, and 10 million democrats who voted in 2020 didn’t bother to vote in 2024. Given Trump’s slim margins in all the swing states, these absent dems could have given Kamala the landslide electoral win he got. A lot of them blame the party for not providing a better candidate, but IMO when people are willing to go barefoot on broken glass because they don’t like the shoes available, we’re kinda doomed.
Yeah. I feel you here. It sucks to find out this is how it ends.