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It seems like a lot of people unintentionally conflate
- Dubious information about this virus and its origins...
- Very real concerns about increased surveillance and authoritarianism...
- Anxiety about isolation/paying the bills/changes for oneself and/or others...
"...into one big overwhelming anxiety-causing issue." It's a lot less emotionally overwhelming and much easier to sort through if you consciously break up that big confusing hodgepodge into the separate issues that they actually are, and consider them individually. The concerns are still real, but you can examine them much more rationally.
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'May we please have our basic needs met?'
"No. Can't afford to."
'Hey, why are you killing all those people overseas?'
"They need killing."
'Doesn't it cost money to kill them though?'
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"You're Russian propaganda."
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Sure Democrats are helping to renew and expand Trump's Orwellian surveillance powers after providing no meaningful resistance to any of his worst impulses, but in their defense at least they screamed "Putin puppet!" very loudly for years and years.
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My position is not that you shouldn't vote for Biden, it's that it doesn't matter whether or not you do. Democratic Party leaders don't care if Trump wins, so it's not like you'll be sticking it to them by withholding your vote. No real change will come from this election either way; it can only come from outside the system.
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