It takes SUCH minimal effort its insane people dont do it.

Yeah, I've voted every general election and primary since I was allowed. There's more that needs to be done: education, convincing friends and neighbors, protest, and yes revolution, I've done most of those too.

But voting is the bare minimum duty of citizens in a democracy. I've spent hours in line to vote, it's nothing compared to my mom who was a regular poll worker. I actually find in person voting nice, but living in the PNW where it's mail first I do think every state should adopt a process of sending every registered voter their ballot. Either way, vote early or on time, by mail or in person, however you do it, do it.

If you refuse to vote for any reason, I firmly disagree with your decision, but at least send in a blank ballot.

Unfortunately, voting doesn't pop up in front of your face all by itself and give you some options to click on, and even if it did many people would dismiss it as an invasion of their privacy and an unreasonable demand on their time, and then spend an hour raging about it on social media.

It's the one thing that tangibly affects the uninformed median voter. Everything else can be ignored or blamed on immigrants or something, but paying like $20 extra at the pump every week is right in their face.

High gas cost disproportionally affects the poor more than anyone. The rich can buy electric or newer more efficient Cars. The poor generally drive 20 year old cars that get under 20 mpg.

I am currently reading Anti-Fascist Economics by Isabella Weber and it talks about how fascist politicians exploit prices of essential goods and badly functioning social systems to push a fascist ideology as a change from the status quo.

The fascists will also work with neo-liberals to ensure these trends continue which make the public more susceptible to their propaganda and the proposed solutions to the issues that they helped create.

Like it or not, the price of eggs and gas actually influenced people to vote for Trump, and that was the plan.

You vote for a corporate sponsored party without so much as considering the positions of the people you're voting for? Yikes.

It also requires the "centrist" to help

I think its hilarious when people apply for a permit to protest, then show up and sing songs. Not a single person in power gives it a second thought, it make zero people uncomfortable.

You first.

Yeah that's why billionaires spend so much money trying to suppress it. And you're helping them.

It'll do more than not voting.

Voting is why much of it is even happening so I think you are probably mistaken.

What makes you think that revolution will make things better?

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Put up or shutup.

Apathy posting isn't "doing something". It's doing nothing while trying to claim your intelligence is that much greater than those that DO want change.

You should go vote. It takes very little time/effort. Heres a link to help you.

https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/

Then, if you have other things that you want to do to effect change, you can do those too

Why don't you complain and be part of the solution?

Because that's not a solution: the post remains inaccessible. Unless you edit the post, demanding they fix it is the only solution.

I see stating the obvious struck a nerve for the downvoters, so let me dumb it down for the unfortunate ilk unable to grasp the obvious: y'all full of shit. You think someone scrolling through posts the same as you is going to notice a text alternative hidden away in some comment on some other page? You expect them to open every post unlike you for something that likely won't even be there? That's not equivalent in the slightest. Shit's daft as fuck: keep dreaming.

Now examine critically the substance of the other commenter's actions. While the comment is effective at drawing upvotes, is it actually effective at the main outcome of doing anything meaningful for accessibility as they purport? No, the comment doesn't appear to anyone scrolling through posts. Tellingly, the community is simply rewarding self-indulgent ploys to gain upvotes that do nothing for accessibility while condemning meaningful answers to actually solve it. That's quite damning.

It indicates a toxic community that cares more about indulging community narcissism than acting on their purpose directly within their capacity right here to address an issue in their control. A real progressive would care enough about equal access to look up & determine the truth on the matter, so they can pursue and promote real answers instead of empty gestures that don't meaningfully address inaccessible content. The placebo they pretend works stops them from developing real cures.

In sum, some lemmy communities in particular are toxic & hostile to web accessibility in ways we don't find in bluesky and other parts of the fediverse such as mastodon where web accessibility is common practice.

Back to the point, here's an introduction to web accessibility that you seem to sorely need. You can also read the technical guideline while you're at it. However, your nonsolution is an unhelpful illusion that diverts people from pursuing credible solutions.