• @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
    47•1 month ago

    Fuck the entire state of Texas. I don’t wanna hear “but there are good ones”. When I grab a loaf of bread that’s moldy, I don’t dig through it to find the one piece that’s ok. I just toss the whole thing.

    • @ameancow@lemmy.world
      11•1 month ago

      I agree but in a more rational sense regarding the governing system that we’ve allowed to go almost unchallenged across the country.

      A lot of people with a lot of data realized that if they turn the presidental election into a huge WWE spectacle with narratives and villains and heroes and “everything on the line” then the average American will basically tune out the boring, local community, state and county elections.

      Your local elections, your community, those are the places that prop up these corrupt judges and congresspeople and senators and everyone in the highest seats of power who create and block legislation.

      It’s wild because we’re all screaming and crying that Trump has placed judges across the country in key positions to get him off of criminal charges, when we have the same power to shape the same systems with our involvement.

      I know it sucks and sounds like there’s no real way to tackle the local government problem, especially if you’re not social and don’t know your neighbors. But volunteers make a huge difference and it’s very likely we would have already had a second Trump victory if it wasn’t for volunteers in key states making calls and coordinating with the local democratic groups. We’re not trying to argue our way to victory in this kind of work, we’re just pushing a needle, you don’t need to be persuasive or even social, you can make a difference just by educating people around you who is running for what, and what their values are, it can be with phone banking or distributing clever memes in local message boards, just start caring about the world outside your door and someday we won’t be faced with these depressing choices every four years.

    • @Ragnarok314159
      8•1 month ago

      One of Abbott’s cronies openly admitted the state would have gone for Biden unless they intervened. The state is very purple, but the red traitors have gerrymandered on the state level as well to maintain power.

    • @20hzservers@lemmy.world
      1•1 month ago

      To further your analogy, the mold you see on the surface is just the tip of the iceberg it’s mycelium has already dug much deeper into the loaf.

    • @Soulg@sh.itjust.works
      -3•1 month ago

      So literally every person who lives there is bad now? I’m sure all the people directly suffering under abbot and Paxton will be thrilled

      • @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
        3•1 month ago

        Yeah I’m kinda done caring about Texas. Uvalde county overwhelmingly voted for Abbott and the sheriffs/politicians who caused their kids to be killed while police did nothing. This Texan county had a chance to bring about change and instead they just went back to their party. If they don’t care about their own people and children why should I?

        Good people in North Korea too but fuck North Korea right? Fuck China and Russia right?

        • @CreativeShotgun@lemmy.world
          2•1 month ago

          I live in houston, one of the blue oasis in this horrible place. I’m trying as a brown trans woman to stay up, care for us at least. There’s great stuff here that I’d miss if i could leave but i can’t. Its not all hate but enough are doing it to make it suck. Don’t blame us, im born and raised texan and I’m a good person and i appreciate so many things about the land and the people. Ive learned so much growing up so blue collar, southern, and poor. blame the sad scared sacks of shit that drank the flavoraid. I’m stuck so I’m trying to make the change and we could use more people like you to change their outlook and believe in those of us who fight from the inside out.