put all of your election posting here so it doesn't bother anyone else!
from @CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net:
For Agitprop purposes, I’m asking comrades to help aggregate any and all effortpost responses, critiques, or general thoughts that you have seen or written pertaining to yesterday’s U.S. election that you think have standalone value for discussion either online or IRL.
I made a post for that purpose here, and ideally it can be used not only for general discussion, but as a reference for well thought out responses in discussions about the election to save all of us some brainpower.
No shitposts please, as we’d like to highlight some comrades’ actual effort in constructing responses or analysis, but humor is 100% welcome to help make your point!
Politics are a religion for people in those deep blue/red states. My family in New York showed local polling stations with crowds of people waiting to vote. This is in Upstate New York, not even New York City where the real decision is made. I remember people getting vote-shamed for voting Nader at the time when New York went predictably blue as always.
The fear mongering from the media has worked on a lot of people and they legit think Trump will install a dictatorship and tear down every social service out there. That, and people really don’t know how the electoral system works and think every third-party voter is responsible for the loss. A shocking number have no idea how the electoral college works.
Our local org brought in a guy at the annual dinner who tried shaming us all to vote for Joe Biden. Absolute fucking miss of a public speaker booking, it was so embarrassing listening to this guy when we all know even sleepy Joe could win NY by 10 points.