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Human rights and dignity weren't on the ballot, though.
California had a prop to end prison labor. They rejected it.
Because leftist people not only refused to vote to prevent a fascist from taking the executive branch, they also refused to engage in anything down ballot, completely rolling over for the far-Right.
Again.
Like they have consistently done my whole life.
Of course the government doesn't reflect anything left of center. Virtually none of us engage in elecroral politics, causing things to get continuously worse (but people are totally going to revolt any time now and usher in a new era of worker rule, despite a complete lack of extant evidence.)
It is pretty weird that there seems to be a view that revolution, general strikes, assassination of corrupt leaders etc. are somehow easier than just voting for the better option in each election.
I suspect it's a mix of abstract idealism over reality-on-the-ground, performative leftism, and (dons tinfoil hat) concerted efforts by authoritarians to sabotage any leftward motion ("interesting" how accelerationism aligns perfectly with authoritarian wishlists).
We got to choose who we would protest against. We chose poorly.
Sure seems like it is if they removed all mention of trans folks from stonewall...
Maybe but you had 10/10 denial of rights versus like 5/10
The choice was still obvious.
They weren't?
They pretty clearly were. Choosing to ignore secondary effects of choices, or being willing to use suffering of vulnerable groups as a means to your end doesn't change that.