I did the thing. I made my voice heard in our democracy, others in my community did the same. But nothing fucking changed and the system of electoralism remains ever rotten to the core.
Lol but now I’m being told that “they’re scared of us because they say how frustrated we were.” Bull fucking shit. Why the hell do people equate mean words and insults with violence? This is the exact same song and dance that’s been happening for decades in American politics. “You must work within the system to get the change you want” or whatever other nonsense. “Be sure not to damage any potential relationships with liberals or scare off any potential voters!”
I guess the most absurd part about all of this is that liberalism has a track record of producing zero systemic change (or hell even challenges for that matter). So what am I fucking doing with my life at this point? What the hell can you even do without doing something that addresses the root cause of a serious problem?
They keep most people too afraid of the other team to demand any real change. And it works.
People always bring up the civil rights act when talking about electoralism leading to change. Convenient how they never mention how riots/protests are what eventually got the goods?
2020 and cop cars burning? Something happened. I have a couple of buddies with connections to law enforcement and one of their lines when teaching new piggies is “this is how we do things since George Floyd”
Almost makes it worse having this knowledge, honestly. Really puts into context the absolute powerlessness
Sure, but it's better to know what actually got the goods compared to the MLK fairy tale where everyone just woke up one day and decided to all be friends.