#no more elections

[qsmpbutwithsignlanguage]

What we have learned from Minecraft roleplaying these last three-four years (yes it's been that long):

If somebody wants to run for presidency, no they don't.

If somebody says you need a government, no you don't.

If somebody wants to stage a revolution, no they don't.

If that somebody is the same person, no they weren't.

You don't need politics in Minecraft for the love of god-when has it ever ended well??

#dsmp #qsmp #karmaland #'yeah i know what that is' #-I say having watched one stream #listen Karmaland V was literally the prime example of why we *don't* need any more presidents #no more elections #no nothing #just let us go back to our caveman roots #mainly inspired by qsmp forever #but y'know what i'm beginning to notice a trend #If you become an mcyt president through legal and moral means without going insane or becoming corrupted in the following days/months/years #Then you deserve to keep it #That's honestly a record #mcyt #mcyt has ruined me #so has american politics #qsmp forever #dsmp wilbur soot #dsmp schlatt #dsmp tubbo #k!Luzu #k!Quackity

[hamartia-grander]

Every single day I live in constant fear that trump will become president again because you stupid cunts on tumblr with no ounce of intelligence think that not voting for Biden will do any good. I'm sick to my stomach seeing this shit. You think that not voting absolves you from the consequences you think that not voting will make things better you do not understand that republicans will vote for trump no matter what and your inaction will lead to him winning. He cannot win. He cannot fucking win.

Vote for Biden and shut the fuck up

#Free bot block list in the comments! #vote blue #Vote #vote biden #Dear God trump can not win #I've never been more scared about an election in my life

[vordemtodgefeit]

‘nobody wants a general election, obviously’, says second PM in a row that wasn’t voted in by the general public, wasn’t even voted in by members of the party let alone the people he claims to represent, and whose party is predicted to lose said general election

#piss right the fuck off #we should’ve had a general election after johnson got pushed out #we are MASSIVELY overdue #this makes him look (a) like even more of an anti-democratic pm clinging to power without a vote #and (b) too scared to go to the polls because he knows the tories are predicted to lose their westminster streak #the only people i know that aren’t keen on a general election are - to precisely nobody’s surprise - tory voters #uk politics #ukpol #british politics

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

it is. so weird to me that I'm having to say this again after a real-life cartoon supervillian already once ran for president on a platform of hatred & fascism and won, but.

it's November, please fucking vote

#not a shitpost #serious post #this election cycle will DETERMINE what legislation gets passed #it will DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF ABORTION RIGHTS AND GAY MARRIAGE AND OTHER LGBTQ+ PROTECTIONS #the supreme court plans to destroy as much progress as possible and that means we have to rely on congress to protect those rights #which they can only do if the Dems control the senate and the house #we are in FULL BLOWN DAMAGE CONTROL MODE here #especially because it is still somehow perfectly possible and actually probable #that the festering pile of garbage in human form who recently tried to overthrow the government will end up back on the ballot in 2024 #we still haven't recovered from 4 years of trump and if we don't show up at the polls it is perfectly possible we will get another 4 years #vote this november to protect basic human rights #and vote in november 2024 so we don't have to survive another 4 years under trump #because many of us--the most vulnerable of us--won't survive. and many many more will suffer #vote to protect yourself and your neighbors. vote to protect those who most need protection. #vote because it is the right thing to do #vote out of kindness #and vote out of spite--because billionaires are spending insane amounts of money to prevent you from voting #so tell them to get fucked and vote anyway #do it out of spite and do it out of heart and do it out of rage and do it out of love #show up #us politics

[segernatural]

sure it was a perfect storm of a pressure cooker but i promise destiel was about destiel

#like 2020 was all building towards something. the isolation the pandemic the general uncertainty of day to day life #toss in the heated election and counting process. sure it *couldve* been anything else. but it *wasnt*. #it was destiel. that night there were even other rumours circulating about other shows. another show even had a huge reveal! #but the most widespread and known was destiel because of course it was! because thats what everyone was losing their mind over! #look at the statistics chart of a history of destiel interest over time! i promise the destiel interest is about destiel! #were people all equally invested? no! were some people memeing? yes! but by and large nov 5th became a juggernaut bc of destiel #as someone who literally was refreshing for election news and developed mania from seeing destiel go canon. it was about destiel #sure the intersection of destiel and election results was fun. but i posted way more destiel than election stuff. cause it was about destie #anyway. idk why im on a soapbox #char speaks #destielputinelection #destiel

[leupagus]

On Voting in America

So one of the most profound comments on routine chores that I've ever encountered was, hilariously, the Pickle Rick episode of "Rick & Morty," where (after a lot of shenanigans have already ensued) this therapist absolutely lays Rick out:

"I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is: it's not an adventure. There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just work. And the bottom line is some people are okay going to work and some people, well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose."

I think about this at least once a week — usually while I'm doing my laundry or sweeping or some other task that needs doing and won't get me anything more than clean clothing or a dog-hair-free floor. There's no Pulitzer for wiping down your microwave or scrubbing your toilet; no one's awarding you for getting all the dishes out of the sink. At best you have the satisfaction of crossing it off your list.

Voting is very much the same (and I'm talking about the US here, as an American). Sure, you sometimes get a sticker; but nobody's going to cheer for you. There's no adventure here, no potential for anything more than crossing something off of a list. It's a chore, something that needs doing in order to repair, maintain, and yes even clean. So I get why people don't like doing it.

And I've decided I don't give a shit.

Do it anyway. Your country takes astonishingly little from you — taxes, the once-in-a-blue-moon jury duty, and a theoretical draft that hasn't been used in over half a century and likely will never be again — but it asks you (asks! not requires! not demands!) to vote once a year. It's not always easy; especially in conservative states, the impediments to vote can be ridiculous. But it is once a year and unlike in our nation's all-too-recent past, you will not die if you do it.

In fact, the worst outcome from voting these days is that the person or issue that you vote for loses — but you won't know if they lose until after the election. Polls are less accurate now, for a whole host of reasons; you cannot know until after the election who or what will win. This makes your vote more valuable than possibly ever before.

Use that power. Not because it's exciting or even rewarding, but because your vote is what keeps our country's metaphorical teeth from falling out and our metaphorical ass from stinking.

Brush, wipe, vote.

#ok the metaphor may've gotten a little gross but rick & morty chose it not me #anyway if voting didn't matter then rich people wouldn't do it #and I can assure you: they do #also: please don't think of voting like a reward for the person you're voting for #or as a punishment for the person you're not voting for #my mom's advice was: #think about the most vulnerable people you care about and vote for the person or issue that will make their lives better #and you'll rarely go wrong #yes there are often two bad options but if you're old enough to vote you're old enough to understand the difference between bad and less ba #anyway that's all the political lecturing I'll do this year #except maybe to complain about the 18-hour day I'll be having on Tuesday #oh also SIGN UP TO WORK ELECTIONS WE NEED MORE HELP #thank you #politics!

[kid-sid]

rouges gallery

#Rouge the bat #Shadow the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #drawing sonic characters more on-model challenge #rouge gets elected president and impliments rougeconomics. rougenomics. rognomics. regan who

[duckiemimi]

chapter 70 vs. chapter 251

the pinnacle of jujutsu vs. someone with no cursed energy. two sides of the same coin.

(edit: this was a tweet from a couple years ago that’s relevant. maybe i’ll rewrite it as an analysis post.)

#im sorry i wanna do a longer more in depth analysis but i’m scared for elections 😭 #jjk 251 #jjk leaks #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk spoilers #gojo #toji #sukuna #maki

[prima-donna-worm]

support the strike :)

#wga strike #what do we owe the wga for more: #championing writers rights for 70 years thus allowing for the creation of almost all of our favorite tv shows and movies #or inadvertently leading to destiel election #feel free to weigh in

[liberalsarecool]

House Republicans are useless. McCarthy was a joke. 3.7% passage. 724 performative votes, 27 laws.

Pelosi and Dems passed 45%, 248 laws.

That's ten times as many laws with a woman in charge. 248 vs 27.

Both parties are not the same.

#vote blue #elect more women

[shedidntevenswear]

i just think there are so many valid critiques of public figures, especially when it comes to politics/use of platform for important issues, and ALSO that these critiques can live alongside your admiration of their art or their brand or their personality. the internet really wants to act like if a famous person is not 100% ideologically pure leftist and practicing that constantly then you throw the whole celebrity out, but to me i think if you are looking to pop stars and actors for leadership in geopolitics or economic policy then you seriously need a reality check.

#yes this is about both taylor swift and beyonce #their praxis can be weak as hell and i can still call them mother! #if you are looking to billionaires to reflect your leftist ideas you are looking in the wrong place and thats kinda on you! #of course we should always be critical and asking for more from public figures #but you could always ya know direct all that energy at people who are actually elected leaders whose job that actually is

[crabsnpersimmons]

i

PASSED MY EXAM!!

thank you everyone for your encouragement!! 🥰🥰🥰 i read ALL your messages and they really cheered me up on my way to the exam!

SO NOW

i'll be getting a youtooz plush (hot topic has been sold out for a while now...), and i'm thinking the chibi shoulder riders but i'm open to suggestions!

#fnaf sun #fnaf eclipse #fnaf moon #fnaf dca #dca fandom #youtooz #i'll definitely be getting the other two eventually #i just need to stagger my purchases #just dropped another ~$700 for my next course #i still have one more exam left #and then there's some registration work and elective courses without exams #and then... #something new begins #crab art #traditional art #bright colours #i might go with the one with the least amount of votes #because they deserve hugs and kisses for coming in last #and also cuz i'm silly that way

[formerly-evil]

DONT FORGET TO VOTE IN THE EU ELECTIONS!!!

#eu #eurovision #europe #čumblr #ik other countries have had elections for a while now but today they’re starting in Czechia so i remembered to make this post #also wooo I’m a first time voter and i can finally!! go and vote #eu influences more things than we realize #and the right wing extremism is everywhere rn #election 2024 #politics #bbc sherlock #supernatural #doctor who #our flag means death #good omens

[naivety]

So long as the political and economic system remains intact, voter enfranchisement, though perhaps resisted by overt white supremacists, is still welcomed so long as nothing about the overall political arrangement fundamentally changes. The facade of political equality can occur under violent occupation, but liberation cannot be found in the occupier’s ballot box. In the context of settler colonialism voting is the “civic duty” of maintaining our own oppression. It is intrinsically bound to a strategy of extinguishing our cultural identities and autonomy.

[...]

Since we cannot expect those selected to rule in this system to make decisions that benefit our lands and peoples, we have to do it ourselves. Direct action, or the unmediated expression of individual or collective desire, has always been the most effective means by which we change the conditions of our communities. What do we get out of voting that we cannot directly provide for ourselves and our people? What ways can we organize and make decisions that are in harmony with our diverse lifeways? What ways can the immense amount of material resources and energy focused on persuading people to vote be redirected into services and support that we actually need? What ways can we direct our energy, individually and collectively, into efforts that have immediate impact in our lives and the lives of those around us? This is not only a moral but a practical position and so we embrace our contradictions. We’re not rallying for a perfect prescription for “decolonization” or a multitude of Indigenous Nationalisms, but for a great undoing of the settler colonial project that comprises the United States of America so that we may restore healthy and just relations with Mother Earth and all her beings. Our tendency is towards autonomous anti-colonial struggles that intervene and attack the critical infrastructure that the U.S. and its institutions rest on. Interestingly enough, these are the areas of our homelands under greatest threat by resource colonialism. This is where the system is most prone to rupture, it’s the fragility of colonial power. Our enemies are only as powerful as the infrastructure that sustains them. The brutal result of forced assimilation is that we know our enemies better than they know themselves. What strategies and actions can we devise to make it impossible for this system to govern on stolen land? We aren’t advocating for a state-based solution, redwashed European politic, or some other colonial fantasy of “utopia.” In our rejection of the abstraction of settler colonialism, we don’t aim to seize colonial state power but to abolish it. We seek nothing but total liberation.

Voting Is Not Harm Reduction - An Indigenous Perspective

#indigenous action #2024 elections #voting #on one hand i think if one opponent is a mask off fascist white people have an obligation to vote against them As The Least We Can Do #but if that's all we're doing? that and bullying other people who see a futility in participating in a colonial institution of 'democracy'? #sorry but um. shut the fuck up #if we spent half as much energy on direct action to support each other in ways that help people REGARDLESS of who wins what election #as we did on yelling at Other Leftists about voting i think we would get a hell of a lot more actual shit done #and sure as hell help more actual real life people who we claim to be helping by yelling at other people to vote #i'm talking to me here like #our current blue harm reduction candidate actively supporting a genocide should make you feel like maybe this shit doesn't fucking work #because it doesn't <3 #harm reduction as the least we can do needs to be a call to action via vote AND actual action or it's not a call to anything at all #the least we can do needs to be motivating AND convicting #it's the least we can do so fucking do it. it's the least we can do so if that's All you do sit the hell down or stand the fuck up #for people who the status quo serves it needs to be the ballot AND the bullet or our ballot means fuck all for real liberation

[mikaikaika]

Cellbit's plan today

#I wonder if ppl know that when I disappesr in the middle of lb it's more often than not to shitpost #Anyways have this #Cellbit #Bbh #Badboyhalo #Etoiles #Baghera #Mike #Qsmp #Qsmp elections 2023 #Debate Day 3 #Q! Meme #Qsmp spoilers #Dd3

[smallfrenchstudyblr]

HELLO THIS IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER REMINDER TO VOTE FOR EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

"AND WHY THE F---- SHOULD I???" Edition

Because the EU has a meh to fucking excellent track record on the following topics and can do good work if you send the right people there:

Data privacy

Queer rights

Women's rights

Culture and Education

Green policies (I know, I KNOW, but still)

Consumer's rights

Food safety

And it's got a shit track records on the following that will keep on getting worse if you do NOT vote:

Immigration and asylum

Authoritarianism and democratic backslide

Fiscal policies

Lack of democratic input

Because you may not be sure if it's worthy it, but we know exactly WHO will be VERY motivated to go vote, and they are not exactly putting a green ballot in the box.

#Looking HARD at every single person who went on erasmus and does not vote #people who got a plane ticket reimbursed for being delayed and do not vote #people who visit their friends in another European country and do not vote #people whose local library received EU funds and do not vote #women whose employer pay them equally because the EU said so and do not vote #european elections #you got all that from the EU and it did not magically appear! #actual people in actual institutions adopted these policies !! #if you want more of them you gotta to your part of the work and vote! #vote vote vote #and ask stuff about the EU here or somewhere else #if you are not sure about how it works #EU is full of bad stuff but it CANNOT do better if you don't sent people who WANT to do better