It's not just that. Demonizing minorities creates a boogie man fascists can point to and say "This the terror that only I can save you from", and scare dipshits into becoming their followers.
Even if for some reason you didn't want to chip your cat (you should absolutely chip your cats and dogs) it would be trivial to just put a tiny receiver in something that dangles off their collar for the door to communicate with.
Ok. But the Dems and Republicans aren't the same. Like I agree with you that our system is beyond fucked, but that doesn't mean both of our shitty parties are equally shitty. If you want to pretend like the Obama or Biden administrations were the same as the Trump administration you just as much in a fantasy as someone who thinks the Democrats are actually competent and well-meaning.
Like shit, I'm not pretending like voting is the be-all end-all of civic action: FAR from it. That's why voting, at best, is harm reduction. But fuck, it's so goddamn easy, and why would we want to ceade ground for no reason?
I'm not criticizing you for sinking to their level or anything like that. I'm just kinda baffled. Like there's so much low hanging fruit, and you're just gnawing on rocks at the base of the tree.
Well, most of us don't actually get to vote. Technically we can, but if you don't live in one of 7 swing states your votes straight up doesn't matter. That's why we tend to have such low election. Turnouts, voter suppression is built into the system. Something none of us chose, because the system has been in place longer than any of us have been alive.
To make it worse or educational system has been slowly getting dismantled for generations. That makes huge swaths of our population a lot easier to manipulate. Again, something that has been going on for longer than any of us have been alive.
" Why don't you just protest, or riot?" You might ask. And we do, unfortunately America is fucking huge. This isn't like trying to organize a protest in most European countries. It's an enormous organizational challenge. And if you start succeeding at that organizational challenge, there's a decent chance you'll get disappeared by the CIA. It doesn't help that we have an incredibly militarized police force. It's just salivating at the idea of arresting or beating the shit out of protesters. Go back and look at videos of the George Floyd protests if you'd like some examples. Again, This is a ball that's been rolling longer than any of us have been alive.
Not to mention, I don't know if you remember this, but ever since elect Trump's first presidency there have been dozens upon dozens of Republicans who got caught attempting to rig elections. If you think that all just suddenly stopped the 2024 election, you're being willfully stupid.
And yeah, there are definitely Trump supporters here. And I agree: that minority of Americans absolutely deserve what's coming to them. But what about the rest of us? What about all the people who did vote against the fascist? All of the people risking life and limb to protest? All the children who unlucky enough to get born here? All the queer people, AFAB people, and POC getting our rights stripped from us? Do we deserve this collective punishment just because a bunch of hateful dipshits want us to suffer?
You're using the same line of reasoning that ends in Palestinian toddlers labeled as "Hamas terrorists"
Many of those people who could've voted but didn't believed the lie that their vote doesn't matter. Does that make them stupid? Gullible? Irresponsible? Perhaps. Does it mean they understand and support what's happening? No it doesn't.
Our education system has been decaying for decades. We are fucking FLOODED with propaganda. Our very voting system is heavily rigged against us. Sure, we could've done better, and should've done better. But I think it's monstrous to imply that an entire population deserves the horrors of fascism.
It's not just that. Demonizing minorities creates a boogie man fascists can point to and say "This the terror that only I can save you from", and scare dipshits into becoming their followers.