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People are upset they can't vote to dismantle the system and so they don't vote thinking that it somehow withdraws their consent. I feel like that Patrick's wallet meme where we all agree voting doesn't do the things we want, including withdrawing consent.

He doesn't protest anymore, but I get your point. As noted elsewhere, the protests got more attention because the responses were more violent. Is that good? Considering how the police have even more money than before I am not so sure...

Gives me an idea for a new meme to cover the other half:

"Leftists who won’t vote" 🤝 “Democrats” agree on being “apathetic”.

Even when liberals are shown protests on TV, they often walk away with the wrong message. It seems the only time it doesn't happen is when the state uses violence in a way that is indefensible.

Gather around for a personal story.

The year was 2015 and a friend who lives in a school bus visited town. We were all smoking weed in his bus and he said "Oh please let Clinton loose". I asked WTF are you thinking? And he responded that he spent lots of time protesting and that it didn't work because people weren't listening. It seems no matter how many terrible fascists get elected, liberals still won't listen to him.

If you aren't familiar with Project 2025 there's a good video deep dive here: https://youtu.be/dk7sCJalxAo

MAGA wants revenge and it isn't limited to just liberals.

In my household Jesus is nonbinary and their resurrection was the first day of their new life after transitioning.

Working in the service industry is so rough though....

More than one thing can be true: the government should build public housing and landlords stand in the way of that because government action would undermine their "investment value".

Black and blue because I live in a capitalist wasteland and need the competitive edge. Water is my favorite drink and I already talk with cats so I'm not sure what my 3rd pick should be.