I’m in the US and as we all know they’re definitely planning on using ICE at the polling booths for voter intimidation. I look quite democrat/liberal (long hair, below average body hair, slightly chubby with low muscle, straight teeth) so I’ll probably be a target for it. I’ve been thinking of dressing up as a Republican so I’ll be less likely to be targeted. I don’t wanna scare people or get in trouble so I’m not going to do something as obvious as wearing a Confederate flag. I also can’t change my appearance that much so I don’t get flagged for my ID. What I do to look like a Republican without scaring others or getting in trouble?
Not voting because it’s not a good harm reduction strategy is just another way of saying it won’t do any good so don’t bother.
If you are trying to present a nuanced argument against some specific reason ‘for’ voting, more power to you, but you are seriously coming across as a worthless bot put in place to recommend not voting wherever possible.
Yes I literally am trying to say that. Like why the fuck should I vote if it won’t do any good? Why should I do anything in the whole wide world if it won’t do any good?
I’d rather “come across” as a bot than be a selectively born-yesterday shitlib. Anarchists and other revolutionary socialists have been saying this message for a hundred years since before the Internet was a thing, and it’s never been more valid than it is now.