The problem is that I can't say that early voting is safe. In fact, one of the most alarming things I've seen from Richard Baris is that vote method is the single largest determining factor for vote, even more than party registration and age. I shit you not, from the survey's he's done, the Registered Republicans who vote on Election day are overwhelmingly likely to vote Republican. Registered Republicans who do early voting, are overwhelmingly likely to vote Democrat. Registered Democrats who do early voting are unanimously voting Democrat. Registered Democrats who vote on Election day, are slightly inclined to vote Republican.
This is not based on actual voting (where it would be impossible to discern who voted for whom), but on surveys.
So while I agree that early voting is unsafe, this certainly doesn't prove it. And you have to ask if the benefits outweigh the costs, as always.
I fear that if most Republicans engaged in early voting, the Democratic candidate would win by 40 points. "In an amazing turn around, despite only having a 40% approval rating, the Democrat incumbent won with 85% of the vote... Democracy!"
Everyone sees a lot of their shit. That doesn't necessarily equate to actual action. After all, Joe Biden is the most popular president in American history.
My god, the establishment is still pretending we're not in a recession.
They called the Taliban: "our partners in Afghanistan" after we were routed. Yes, mask off moments help, but more of them help, rather than the severity of the moments.
I've said it before. I still expect to see a mass casualty incident in America from the regime. I literally mean: machine-gunning unarmed protesters in the street. I still expect 100% of the MSM to publicly endorse it. I still expect tons of people on Twitter to celebrate it. I expect it to cause a major cascade failure for the regime, but only because it is the last atrocity they will commit on their way out. They will, have, and do, commit enormous and egregious crimes over and over again; but the crimes don't help us, only the repetition of crimes.
And when I mean machine-gunning unarmed protesters, I don't mean like what we've seen with Ashley Babbit. I mean Nicolae Ceaușescu style, Tienanmen Square style, or Apartheid South Africa style. It's why I don't suggest any Republican protest in DC under any circumstance. I am fully expecting a mass murder by the CHP. The fact that Nancy Pelosi called for M240's to be deployed on government buildings to counter an unarmed riot, despite everything that happened in 2020, tells me everything I need to know about the US government's desire to slaughter dissenting voices en masse. There'd be a medal ceremony for the shooters by the end of the week, and a ticker-tape parade for the shooting by the end of the month, if the feds had their way. Not even drone strikes on American citizens in the US are out of the question, it's just not likely for logistical reasons on the part of the FBI.
Everyone sees a lot of their shit. That doesn't necessarily equate to actual action.
Not 'everyone'. In fact, most people are not persuaded that the past election was rigged by 'massive fraud', and neither am I. Put it this way. Right now, the regime has legitimacy in the eyes of most people. If it became openly authoritarian and fraudulent, it would lose this legitimacy and the fig-leaf that it is supposedly 'democratic'.
Would that be progress or not?
They called the Taliban: "our partners in Afghanistan" after we were routed. Yes, mask off moments help, but more of them help, rather than the severity of the moments.
Well, they have no qualms about allying with Nazis or Al Qaeda, so are you really surprised?
I still expect to see a mass casualty incident in America from the regime. I literally mean: machine-gunning unarmed protesters in the street.
I do not expect that, for the sole reason that it would create more backlash than it's worth. Protesters on the right are achieving absolutely nothing. Why ruin that?
I still expect 100% of the MSM to publicly endorse it. I still expect tons of people on Twitter to celebrate it
If it were to happen, this will undoubtedly be the case. But they will not be able to spin their way out of that. Regimes have done such things in even more authoritarian states than the US or its petty vassals in Europe, and while you are not familiar with such things, once the regime starts murdering its subjects in the streets... something snaps in the population.
They may not leave the next day. But like I said, it loses so much legitimacy that it's not worth it to them. Why do you think even the Chinese are not machine gunning protesters in Hong Kong, even though these are the real threat to the regime that right-wing protesters never are?
It's why I don't suggest any Republican protest in DC under any circumstance. I am fully expecting a mass murder by the CHP.
If you did, then you should encourage them with the warning that this might happen. Because it would undoubtedly be harmful to the regime. Though I don't know what the CHP are.
Not even drone strikes on American citizens in the US are out of the question,
Well... those happened in the past, didn't they? You are not a citizen, you are a subject.
This is not based on actual voting (where it would be impossible to discern who voted for whom), but on surveys.
So while I agree that early voting is unsafe, this certainly doesn't prove it. And you have to ask if the benefits outweigh the costs, as always.
Everyone would be able to see it then.
Everyone sees a lot of their shit. That doesn't necessarily equate to actual action. After all, Joe Biden is the most popular president in American history.
My god, the establishment is still pretending we're not in a recession.
They called the Taliban: "our partners in Afghanistan" after we were routed. Yes, mask off moments help, but more of them help, rather than the severity of the moments.
I've said it before. I still expect to see a mass casualty incident in America from the regime. I literally mean: machine-gunning unarmed protesters in the street. I still expect 100% of the MSM to publicly endorse it. I still expect tons of people on Twitter to celebrate it. I expect it to cause a major cascade failure for the regime, but only because it is the last atrocity they will commit on their way out. They will, have, and do, commit enormous and egregious crimes over and over again; but the crimes don't help us, only the repetition of crimes.
And when I mean machine-gunning unarmed protesters, I don't mean like what we've seen with Ashley Babbit. I mean Nicolae Ceaușescu style, Tienanmen Square style, or Apartheid South Africa style. It's why I don't suggest any Republican protest in DC under any circumstance. I am fully expecting a mass murder by the CHP. The fact that Nancy Pelosi called for M240's to be deployed on government buildings to counter an unarmed riot, despite everything that happened in 2020, tells me everything I need to know about the US government's desire to slaughter dissenting voices en masse. There'd be a medal ceremony for the shooters by the end of the week, and a ticker-tape parade for the shooting by the end of the month, if the feds had their way. Not even drone strikes on American citizens in the US are out of the question, it's just not likely for logistical reasons on the part of the FBI.
Not 'everyone'. In fact, most people are not persuaded that the past election was rigged by 'massive fraud', and neither am I. Put it this way. Right now, the regime has legitimacy in the eyes of most people. If it became openly authoritarian and fraudulent, it would lose this legitimacy and the fig-leaf that it is supposedly 'democratic'.
Would that be progress or not?
Well, they have no qualms about allying with Nazis or Al Qaeda, so are you really surprised?
I do not expect that, for the sole reason that it would create more backlash than it's worth. Protesters on the right are achieving absolutely nothing. Why ruin that?
If it were to happen, this will undoubtedly be the case. But they will not be able to spin their way out of that. Regimes have done such things in even more authoritarian states than the US or its petty vassals in Europe, and while you are not familiar with such things, once the regime starts murdering its subjects in the streets... something snaps in the population.
They may not leave the next day. But like I said, it loses so much legitimacy that it's not worth it to them. Why do you think even the Chinese are not machine gunning protesters in Hong Kong, even though these are the real threat to the regime that right-wing protesters never are?
If you did, then you should encourage them with the warning that this might happen. Because it would undoubtedly be harmful to the regime. Though I don't know what the CHP are.
Well... those happened in the past, didn't they? You are not a citizen, you are a subject.