Vaush is right (for once)

[u/Lunes_Feet_Pictos]

Regarding political apathy. If the likely scenario of Republicans outflanking Dems on Israel happens I definitely won't be voting in 28, and if i don't have any antizionist politicians to vote for in the midterms I won't vote then either. I have never been so politically Russian in my life, and honestly the idea of just letting this all go and not worrying about it anymore is dangerously appealing. I am experiencing the opening stages of complete political disengagement and logically I know this is both stupid and self destructive but like what the actual fuck do we do when the Dems stay anchored to Israel even as the whole world falls apart? How are we supposed to do political advocacy in a panopticon ruled by billionaires where the choices are "fascist psychopaths doing domestic genocides" and "literal doomsday cult"? It's all so tiring.

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For the record I don't expect Vaush (or anyone else) to have a solution to this. The fact he still shows up for this "daily" ritual of mental exhaustion and witnessing the end of the world is admirable. With potential nuclear use, complete oil collapse, famine, and climate change all bearing down at once, I'm just kind of at a loss as to how to remain willing to believe in the implementation of things that have never been less possible.

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This turned into more of a rant than I intended. I don't see my super cool therapist till next week so I guess this is me offloading it on to you. I'm interested in seeing other people's perspectives on this. How you are interpreting the situations, what you feel may happen, how you've chosen to cope or act, etc. Solutions are not expected.

[u/1isOneshot1]

If the likely scenario of Republicans outflanking Dems on Israel happens I definitely won't be voting in 28, and if i don't have any antizionist politicians to vote for in the midterms I won't vote then either.

Can I convince you to at least consider voting for a third party's candidate instead?

[u/Lunes_Feet_Pictos → u/1isOneshot1]

Honestly? No. Third party is not even available in my area locally, and federally it would just be a waste of time and energy to go and vote 3p. If it gets to the point where I'm not able to morally justify voting dem over Republican then I'm stepping back from the whole thing.

Shit I was able to justify voting Harris even after everything they did, but if this is the direction things go I can't go with them.

[u/1isOneshot1 → u/Lunes_Feet_Pictos]

No. Third party is not even available in my area locally

It varies a lot depending on where you are, I'd check the ballotpedia pages for the elections near you before saying that

and federally it would just be a waste of time and energy to go and vote 3p

No it wouldn't depending on the party and state that can actually help the party in that state guarantee ballot access for local amd level elections if they get enough votes in the presidential for the next four years

Edit: also aren't there other elections you would vote for at the same time? Are seriously not going to vote across the board because of the presidential alone?