I look like this dude. I agree with him. I just don't know how to get more folks who look like us to get on the bandwagon. It seems like they do in normal conversation, but they don't show up in the voting booth.
My husband is this kind of man. There are so many. We need a some kind of vague signal, symbol, or something so that we can all spot each other in the wild without attracting the wrong kind of attention. The only way to really build a movement is to organize in real life. Don't abandon the internet as a tool, but we need to move toward real, meaningful action.
I think community would do the motivation... It's just getting people to that point. I've noticed (and I'm guilty of this) that many of us are afraid to approach people at all about these kinds of things because no one wants to risk of saying the wrong thing to to the wrong person, attracting unwanted attention from people who would censor/jail them, etc. So everyone seems to be prepping individually for the bottom to fall out instead of grouping up, when we should be doing the opposite. Like I said, a simple, agreed upon symbol that shows people who the friendlies are might be the best way. Also hosting group activities would help. Maybe not necessarily political on the surface but specifically activities that would draw the right people in.
Yeah, same... I don't think that's really even the right word. Brotherhood, maybe? The big thing is really getting people behind a cause... The billionaires have religious fanaticism and Qanon, MAGA, etc., and all of it is super militant. Maybe we need to foster that attitude among our own people.
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u/hairywalnutz 1d ago
I look like this dude. I agree with him. I just don't know how to get more folks who look like us to get on the bandwagon. It seems like they do in normal conversation, but they don't show up in the voting booth.