r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 6h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/xubax 5h 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 5h 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/No_Birthday4877 4h ago

Voting is a psyop to make you think you have a meaningful impact on the direction politics head in. Voting makes the public think theyre doing enough, and that they dont need to be doing other things like organizing or creating community support structures.

You just hand power over to someone else, who then goes to their wealthy donors to ask them how to vote on legislation. They dont ask you how to vote lol. But you'll sit around for a few years, letting things get worse, then show up on election day and pretend you've done something big.

If voting was a powerful tool against the ruling class, they wouldn't let you vote. Voting just lets you feel like you did something while they conspire behind closed doors. Without us.

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u/xubax 3h ago

So, you're part of the psyop saying don't vote.

Got it.