https://nitter.net/moosegawd/status/1727815496127361403?t=qpggczqj0K6iBOeNJ1N9-Q&s=19

Imagine voting for easy mode instead of getting gud

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    The other half of lib "praxis." First they insist that voting is the only thing that will work, then when it is clear that this is not the case, they switch to "Ok, fine, but just vote for now and we'll actually work on fixing things later. It would be inconvenient for me to have to take action now, so we shouldn't.

    This was a really common form of rhetoric during the US civil rights movement I believe.

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Citations Needed did an episode where they showed that the "slow progress" rhetoric has been used since slavery.