I have been making a conscious effort to Post About Politics less post-Twitter.
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I have been making a conscious effort to Post About Politics less post-Twitter. I no longer feel convinced blasting fancy words to people who don't care, already agree with me, already voted, or are German citizens, is helpful.
But this election is making me feel torn apart (if Harris loses, it may no longer be safe for me to move back to the USA) so if you feel personally open to listening to someone's pitch on the election, here are some spoiler-tagged tiny arguments for the night before:
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I've been involved in left activism of various kinds a long time. I've never seen protest votes move Democrats left. The ONLY things that influence Ds are (1) primary them (2) show up en masse nationwide at yearly dem party meetings and take over local party chapters. Protest votes are a "weak signal". Democrats don't know *why* you don't vote, or whether you're reachable. They're not incentivized to seek your vote next time.
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@mcc This is a good point that I don't see people make. Thanks for sharing it.
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@necedema I was at the Ralph Nader rallies in 2001 (I didn't vote that year) (4 months too young). I've tried a lot of things in the last 25 years. None of them worked. But the Ralph Nader thing really, really, *really* didn't work.
