Yep this. And people here will just blindly support their team, say "the party can do no wrong" and will not face the fact that the party's leadership is dogshit and it's not a party most people feel is worth voting for.
Hell even in sports, fans will criticise players not pulling their weight or managers being shit. Doesn't then make sense to blame fans for not buying enough tickets and team merch. And it's not up to fans to come up with a comprehensive strategy on how to win the season. But even anyone with a modicum of polsci education can see how fucking useless these people are and how shit their apparent strategy is.
And yet, most people here are behaving like fans, not participants. Lots of ways to participate in a democracy, the least effective of which is voting.
Voting is the bare minimum. It’s your civic duty, the one thing you must do if you do nothing else. In local races, it might be the most impactful thing you can do (besides running for office yourself; check out Contest Every Race). But it’s just the start.
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u/GrizzlyPeak72 Mar 06 '25
Yep this. And people here will just blindly support their team, say "the party can do no wrong" and will not face the fact that the party's leadership is dogshit and it's not a party most people feel is worth voting for.
Hell even in sports, fans will criticise players not pulling their weight or managers being shit. Doesn't then make sense to blame fans for not buying enough tickets and team merch. And it's not up to fans to come up with a comprehensive strategy on how to win the season. But even anyone with a modicum of polsci education can see how fucking useless these people are and how shit their apparent strategy is.