▲ 539 ▼ If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It? 11.2 million. That’s the number of Americans who rank climate as a their top priority but didn’t vote in the 2024 US elections (coveringclimatenow.org) submitted 3 weeks ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net 369 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children) And yet voter turnout is consistently low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) Because voters have figured out that voting doesn't fucking matter. Once you realize that a) the country has always been run by a single fascist bloc b) with multiple fascist factions fighting for control and c) fronted by two PR firms with subsidiary PR firms that drive psychological manipulation of voters into believing that d) this time it really is the most important election in history and e) voting will fix it and f) if you vote correctly then the fascists you put in power will stop being fascist and g) actually make structural change - once that becomes obvious, voting is just not something people are motivated to do. And to be clear even people like me who believe all those things vote in vast numbers because it is a ritualized symbol and it has implications in social situations and dynamics. And even still huge numbers of people just don't vote, which means massive numbers of people understand that the system is fully irredeemable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) You're right Zohran Mamdani didn't win NYC mayor. Fuck off bad faith troll. Who you working for? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago Sewer socialists have a long history of winning in the USA, and also of being outmaneuvered entirely by the fascists in both parties, purged, and having nearly all of their progress completely undone. permalink fedilink source parent [+] edible_funk@lemmy.world -6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Oh fuck you're an ml bot. Not worth engaging with. Buhbye MAGAtankie shitbird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago LOL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children) Because voters have figured out that voting doesn't fucking matter. Once you realize that a) the country has always been run by a single fascist bloc b) with multiple fascist factions fighting for control and c) fronted by two PR firms with subsidiary PR firms that drive psychological manipulation of voters into believing that d) this time it really is the most important election in history and e) voting will fix it and f) if you vote correctly then the fascists you put in power will stop being fascist and g) actually make structural change - once that becomes obvious, voting is just not something people are motivated to do. And to be clear even people like me who believe all those things vote in vast numbers because it is a ritualized symbol and it has implications in social situations and dynamics. And even still huge numbers of people just don't vote, which means massive numbers of people understand that the system is fully irredeemable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) You're right Zohran Mamdani didn't win NYC mayor. Fuck off bad faith troll. Who you working for? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago Sewer socialists have a long history of winning in the USA, and also of being outmaneuvered entirely by the fascists in both parties, purged, and having nearly all of their progress completely undone. permalink fedilink source parent [+] edible_funk@lemmy.world -6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Oh fuck you're an ml bot. Not worth engaging with. Buhbye MAGAtankie shitbird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago LOL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) You're right Zohran Mamdani didn't win NYC mayor. Fuck off bad faith troll. Who you working for? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago Sewer socialists have a long history of winning in the USA, and also of being outmaneuvered entirely by the fascists in both parties, purged, and having nearly all of their progress completely undone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago Sewer socialists have a long history of winning in the USA, and also of being outmaneuvered entirely by the fascists in both parties, purged, and having nearly all of their progress completely undone. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] edible_funk@lemmy.world -6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) Oh fuck you're an ml bot. Not worth engaging with. Buhbye MAGAtankie shitbird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago LOL permalink fedilink source parent