If you're a US citizen, go vote today. Especially if you feel disempowered and helpless in the face of what has been happening to your country. There's power in numbers. Exercise your power.
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I'd like to believe that most people are capable of caring about abstract values such as "democracy", "justice", and "human rights", and can place these values before their own narrow self-interest (such as minimizing their next tax bill).
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I'm fully aware it's all wishful thinking. Reality is disappointment after disappointment.
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Racism, fear mongering, and lies are a great electoral strategy. Few people feel any compassion for those outside of their close social circle.
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Most people would be happy to live under an auroritarian regime as long as 1) the persecution happened to other people, 2) they were economically comfortable. This is why pointing your finger at fascism is a pitifully ineffective electoral strategy -- no one cares.
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The only way to convince most people of something is to make it about *them*: "you will pay more for health care, you will pay more taxes"... that gets attention. Saying "people you don't know will die from this" just doesn't move the needle.
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on n'était pas du même bord, mais au bout du compte on s'en fout d'avoir raison ou tort--Celine Dion.
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Unfortunately I think at the core we don't care. We can care about these abstract values only when we are content about our life and have the space to think about others.
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