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In reply to the discussion: Why Are 'Progressive' Websites Discouraging Voting? [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Not all revolutions are of the Left, but the Left seems to be falling for that tactic right now. Those who think not voting will make people turn the country socialist or whatever have not done the ground work nor studied the world.
The countries with the most apathetic voters are those ruled ruthlessly by Oligarchs in patrician societies with churches and militias enforcing it.
Some take for granted that America is immune to that state of affairs. The years since 2010 prove that if you don't use your right to vote, you will lose it and most likely forever.
Because it can happen here and non-voters and those who divide will make it happen. One of our European posters explained to me how the Nazis were elected. It was the lack of cohesion of the groups of the left to form a majority.
This is why there is such a push to divide us, and no effort or meme is spared by the tools of Oligarchs, who knowingly or not, work to attain their goal. They have something for every personality to buy into and exploit their triggers ruthlessly.