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@cferdinandi@mastodon.social @josh You don’t have to convince me of it, I already know it.
What I don’t see are the same liberals telling people to vote Biden no matter what on the streets demanding Biden stop the genocide and moving heaven and earth to reform the two-party system. Folks seems resigned to just vote every four years until some flavour of Trump wins and it’s game over. Ditto in the UK and parts of Europe.
@aral @cferdinandi As we have explained to you numerous times, turning up in the streets to protest requires a ton of privilege. The risk of losing your job, healthcare and absolutely everything is too high. A majority of Americans are <$1,000 away from bankruptcy. The scale of "taking to the streets” to push reform is unachievable, so we have to find other means. And simply survive in the meantime.
@josh @cferdinandi@mastodon.social All I’m saying is that if it was over 35,000 Americans killed and over 15,000 American kids murdered because of guns that Biden sold, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. The sad truth is that dead Brown folks on the other side of the world just doesn’t tilt the scales the same way.
(And the students protesting don’t have tons of privilege and they are, perhaps more than anyone right now, having an impact.)
@aral @cferdinandi idk, we have a pretty apathetic track record on things that kill Americans... guns and police, for instance.
Most universities where students are protesting are in fact privileged among their age group. Being able to attend university in the US is something of a privilege in itself.
You're right that it being "someone else’s kids" is a factor, and doubly so because they aren't white. But don't pretend this is the only issue people are “ignoring” by voting for Biden anyway.