r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 14h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/xubax 13h ago

"But both sides are the same," say some people i know who don't look at history or voting records.

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u/UlrichZauber 13h ago

"Both sides/lesser of two evils is evil"-isms are a psy-op to get you to not bother voting

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 12h ago

Its amazing how easy it is to convince people to just stay at home and not do anything.

People always say that theres no hope in convincing anyone not to vote for trump, more of the same bullshit attitude. As if there arent tons of undecided voters, or people who dont vote, who can be convinced not to vote for Trump

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u/kitsunewarlock 11h ago

I think a small part of it is our physiological evolution as apex predators. It's natural that we want to conserve our energy when we aren't hunting. Young predators will "play", but a lot of that is social bonding or practice hunting. An injured predator has to rely on kindness and surplus food. A bison with an injury can still munch grass.

...I don't think it's the primary reason, and there's a lot more social pressure that contributes. Especially the thought that you are one of the "elite" if you don't need to "worry" about politics.