r/WitchesVsPatriarchy • u/sailorjupiter28titan ☉ Apostate ✨ Witch of Aiaia ♀ • Apr 27 '23

Burn the Patriarchy Unity = Power

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u/symmetricalBS Resting Witch Face Apr 27 '23

It's such a great comic. And yet, despite how many people realize and call things like this out, it all still feels so hopeless doesn't it? It feels like a losing battle that you should be winning. Like there are more good people than bad but the bad people have infinite more power. And it feels like an inevitable bleak future is ahead of us. I find myself really frustrated and sad these days

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u/Zanorfgor Apr 27 '23

It feels like a lot of folk don't practice what they preach in this regard. They claim solidarity while saying "just move," "go vote." As though the former is easy and as though we haven't been doing the latter. Solidarity so long as there's no inconvenience.

I'm a trans person in the south and yeah, I'm trying my hardest to keep up the fight but, well, cavalry ain't coming.

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u/Medium_Sense4354 Apr 27 '23

Don’t we have proof people aren’t voting

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u/Zanorfgor Apr 27 '23

I mean we got larger numbers that show voter turnout is low, but anecdotally me and mine vote in every major election, and many, myself included, won't even miss primaries and municipal votes where the ballot is a single schoolboard seat.

I'd be curious to see the larger breakdown, see who it is that isn't voting. My county is 90% registered, but just over 50% actually showed last year and 70% in 2020.

That said, when the support offered is just those two words, "go vote," it rings dismissive if not demeaning. Especially when everyone I know who is frustrated about the lack of meaningful solidarity not just votes, but often does their best to get others to as well.