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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by nailer on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:39AM (#19084416)
A lot of that activism is more performative than practical, judging by voter turnout.
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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by js8 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:36AM (#19084713)
Didn't the last US election have the largest turnout in the past century? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_elections
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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by nailer on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:01AM (#19084865)
It did, the activists lost.
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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by SCdF on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:59AM (#19084853)
How so?

The number of people who perform some kind of activism is way lower than voter turnout. What makes you think there are lots of people who are doing "performative" activism that isn't translating into them voting or otherwise participating in the system?

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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by nailer on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:03AM (#19084884)
> What makes you think there are lots of people who are doing "performative" activism that isn't translating into them voting

I don't think that. Activism isn't translating into non-activists voting, hence activism being performative.

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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by perfmode on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:54AM (#19084493)
Votes are weak if there is no one or nothing of substance to vote for.
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