Again it’s the “as a leftist” part for me. Feels like that “walkaway” bs we had 4 years ago with all the bad actors pushing the “disenfranchised voter that just isn’t gonna vote this year” angle. Otherwise why even bring political affiliation into it if not to say “isn’t it depressing being in this party?” Call me cynical but i’ve just never encountered anyone who talks like that.
Because the Overton window moving ever rightward gets super depressing sometimes.
When I voted for the first time 22-23 years ago, my core ideological beliefs were slightly to the left of the main center-left party of my multi-party country. Nowadays they’re all considered far left bordering on (peacefully) radical.
Especially sucks to be a pacifist in a world that collectively agreed that militarism is great again and an egalitarian in an increasingly racist and otherwise bigoted world.
And that corporations still mostly get away with doing whatever the fuck they want everywhere as long as they keep legally bribing the politicians of the country that more or less dictates what other countries get to do and not do.
Tl;Dr: leftist ≠ democrat and is frequently a depressing and frustrating thing to be in this fucked up world
Man, it’s frustrating and sad how accurate this is. I don’t consider myself a categorical pacifist, and I am slightly younger, but everything else is spot on.
as a leftist, vote. as a leftist, let’s please exercise decency and good will a little more than we are eh?
unless you see direct calls or dogwhistles to abstain the vote, which let’s be honest there is no shortage of on both 196 and this platform in general, don’t make accusations like this. you are reading so much subtext into this post without evidence. talking about mental health is not a dogwhistle.
other commenters here are sharing resources, encouragement, and personal experiences relating to the topic. i’d encourage you to follow suit.
I understand it as less “being in this party” and more “sharing an anticapitalist worldview, how do you not let feelings overwhelm you”, which seems like a very valid question
Again it’s the “as a leftist” part for me. Feels like that “walkaway” bs we had 4 years ago with all the bad actors pushing the “disenfranchised voter that just isn’t gonna vote this year” angle. Otherwise why even bring political affiliation into it if not to say “isn’t it depressing being in this party?” Call me cynical but i’ve just never encountered anyone who talks like that.
Because the Overton window moving ever rightward gets super depressing sometimes.
When I voted for the first time 22-23 years ago, my core ideological beliefs were slightly to the left of the main center-left party of my multi-party country. Nowadays they’re all considered far left bordering on (peacefully) radical.
Especially sucks to be a pacifist in a world that collectively agreed that militarism is great again and an egalitarian in an increasingly racist and otherwise bigoted world.
And that corporations still mostly get away with doing whatever the fuck they want everywhere as long as they keep legally bribing the politicians of the country that more or less dictates what other countries get to do and not do.
Tl;Dr: leftist ≠ democrat and is frequently a depressing and frustrating thing to be in this fucked up world
Man, it’s frustrating and sad how accurate this is. I don’t consider myself a categorical pacifist, and I am slightly younger, but everything else is spot on.
as a leftist, vote. as a leftist, let’s please exercise decency and good will a little more than we are eh?
unless you see direct calls or dogwhistles to abstain the vote, which let’s be honest there is no shortage of on both 196 and this platform in general, don’t make accusations like this. you are reading so much subtext into this post without evidence. talking about mental health is not a dogwhistle.
other commenters here are sharing resources, encouragement, and personal experiences relating to the topic. i’d encourage you to follow suit.
I understand it as less “being in this party” and more “sharing an anticapitalist worldview, how do you not let feelings overwhelm you”, which seems like a very valid question