jumpingjacktrash:

sirfrogsworth:

I got some cynical responses to my last post where I encouraged people to vote. 

I got meme’d and GIF’d. Probably some eye-rolling was involved.

Yes, I am an optimistic idealist. I understand that some may think voting will not do any good at this point. They think I am being unrealistic.

Though compared to more militant approaches, I think my approach is still a bit more realistic. 

The violent overthrow of the government is not happening any time soon. That’s most likely a quick death for the few willing to try. I doubt you’ll convince many people to give up everything for a hopeless fight. 

Ridding the US of capitalism overnight ain’t happening either. Your fantasies of billionaires lining up for the guillotine are probably going to stay in your head for now. 

Not to mention any drastic and immediate transition on this scale has always been accompanied by blood and misery and generations of painful recovery. 

That would literally kill me. I could not survive it. So pardon me if I want to try voting first. 

The thing is, our voter turnout has been abysmal. Too few of us have been participating. 

At the moment, they can only rig the system if the results are fairly close. I do not believe they can handle a landslide. Not yet. And we have the numbers for a landslide. 

I think Trump and his supporters have been quite the motivator. I am hopeful that enough people will choose to vote so we can move things back in a better direction. 

No, the Democrats are not perfect. But they are still the right direction. And as a new generation of politicians enter the fray, maybe they can inject more modern ideas into the system. We can slowly introduce socialist programs over time. We could start with healthcare. Maybe education. Slow and steady.

This is a game of inches. Wanting to change overnight with a bloody revolution… well… let’s just say I should be the one memeing you. I should be the one sending passive aggressive GIFs to you. My eyes are not rolling… they are spinning around in circles. 

Since your way = my death… no, I’m probably not going to be on board with that. 

I’m gonna continue to tell folks to vote. 

And I’m not going to give up hope because your edgy ass thinks everything besides “burning it all down” is pointless. 

frankly, i think the fascists would welcome an armed uprising, because then they could declare a state of emergency and never rescind it. they would have the excuse they want to go door to door and drag people into the street.

basically unless you’re hiding a fighter plane or fifty under your trenchcoat, don’t talk about armed revolution. you’re a damn idiot.

unfuck yourself and go vote.