the Russians and the Chinese have literally nothing to do with my dissatisfaction and distrust in the American political system. i recognize there are disinformation campaigns (foreign and domestic, weird how the foreign ones get talked about way more) but like... for example, Joe Biden is sending Israel weapons every 36 hours. that's not a Russian psyop, that is an American fact. i don't want to support genocide and neither party cares about that. i'm going to vote in my local elections but i would feel disgusting voting for anyone for president. i'm not a rube for sticking to my principles
and i'm not mired in hopelessness and despair or anything just because i don't want to Vote Blue No Matter Who! there is so much hope for change outside of the ballot box. don't ever think we can't make the world a better place—just don't pin all your hopes on politicians
Yeah, "not wanting to vote for democrats means you've fallen victim to propaganda" is also propaganda, there's plenty of other political actions available to you
for me the question is: does voting in the presidential election actually undermine those other political actions? if you are somehow completely off-grid and are using that to plan a political assassination or series of guerilla bombings, absolutely don't register to vote, your plans are way more important. but is that you? or are you just selfishly avoiding discomfort?
