Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

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INB4 Ban:

Why does this site have admins who repeatedly cape for not voting and nihilism, when we all know Kamala wouldn't be dismantling the EPA, NOAA, and the Department of Education?

Because I am capable of contributing more interesting analysis than you are.

For the record, my argument has always been to simply not vote for Trump, and that those that did vote for Trump are the ultimate issue. All I'm doing is merely explaining why some people abstained in the vague hopes that maybe folks here would understand and go on to further recognize the flaws in their own politics instead, and to shed this hubris and ego that insists only people here who inevitably vote Democrat are the smartest and most moral people on Earth, because if for nothing else you cannot engage in work to free the masses if you constantly dehumanize them and think you're above them. It's counterintuitive.

I know I'm failing at that because I don't fundamentally think anyone here is interested in learning and growing versus being reactionary, judgemental, and angry, which is understandable considering everything that Trump and Elon are doing and the general niche space we've curated over the years. But it means that there really is no point in me wading into threads like this and talking. I'm not that oblivious; I can read a room.

I am also not nihilistic. I fundamentally believe in a general goodness of humanity, even with everything going on right now, and I believe that positive change towards liberation is possible. I was telling people to go out and organize in their communities before the Canadians made it cool because I sincerely believe in the power of mass movement, organization, self-sufficiency, and altruism towards one's fellow man. You may dislike me but at least get my politics and philosophies right.

Ultimately I predicted this was coming because, well, math and history. Everyone else ignored the warning signs in favor of just hoping and praying that people would do what they demanded while calling them stupid and evil for essentially rebelling at their own oppression. You can be mad at me, but you can't say I was wrong.

So like, are we going to continue whining about nonvoters until the midterms where we'll then play like we're interested in getting them to vote, or are we going to sincerely acknowledge and deal with the conditions that underpin oppression in America? I'm confident in which one most people would pick, but I'd like my optimism proven right.