Post #1904452 · Elektrine

2026-01-14 19:37 UTC

Its like its your job to simply not comprehend how politics work. Democrats have spent the past two decades making the case for why they aren't worth electing. Your cheerleading doesn't change that, and "Trump bad" doesn't change that. Cheerleading harder or being mad at people for not cheerleading doesn't change minds. Its not the people who need to change, its Democrats. They're a failure of a party, and their failure to do anything meaningful with power when the actually have it prevents them from getting into power.

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@silence7@slrpnk.net 2026-01-14 19:46

This is just negging. Exactly want Putin would say

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@PoastRotato@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 20:19

When are people going to understand that "you're doing it wrong" is not actionable advice on its own. If you want people to change their behavior, tell them *what to do*, not why what they're currently doing doesn't matter. Any sense of moral superiority you find by correcting people is immediately made null and void by the simple fact that you're not actually doing anything; at least *they're* acting on their feelings, even if they are (supposedly) misguided. I don't think you're wrong about the Democrats; they've shown themselves to be unreliable time and time again, and trusting in them to do anything for us at this point is foolish. But you will convince no one of that by just telling people that they're wrong; all you'll do is demoralize them further and make sure nothing at all gets done. If you don't want people voting Democrat, tell them who to vote for instead. If you think voting is pointless, tell folks where else to direct their energies. Hand out links, spread information you find useful, *do something constructive* to further your point. As it is, you are literally no different from the bots and foreign agents that infiltrate our social media to spread disharmony and despair.

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