I think it's worse than bad argumentation, there's an attitude online that not voting is a kind of praxis, as if getting voter participation rates low enough in itself will have some kind of effect on the electoral system.
The real pill is that obsession with electoral politics is like putting a muzzle on your brain, it makes you ideologically unequipped to engage in effective political action. If instead of arguing online about who to vote for, you argue online about whether to vote, you've only experienced a surface-level shift in your thinking.
I think it's worse than bad argumentation, there's an attitude online that not voting is a kind of praxis, as if getting voter participation rates low enough in itself will have some kind of effect on the electoral system.
The real pill is that obsession with electoral politics is like putting a muzzle on your brain, it makes you ideologically unequipped to engage in effective political action. If instead of arguing online about who to vote for, you argue online about whether to vote, you've only experienced a surface-level shift in your thinking.