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matrix87 | 1 year ago

You can't really use statistics to determine for me what's an issue to me. It's pretty subjective. That's not reactionaryism, that's me as a voter doing a cost benefit analysis. Which frankly is the only rational way to vote

Frankly I think this insistence that people vote against their own self interest more reactionary than the alternative. Like insisting that people reject sense for nonsense. Religion essentially

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mmooss|1 year ago

I didn't use statistics or suggest using them.

> that's me as a voter doing a cost benefit analysis. Which frankly is the only rational way to vote

Great. As I said, abuse, exclusion, widespread discrimination against minorities and women is well-established, for example. Those are very high costs.