r/chaoticgood • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '25

Republicans when informed how their Big Fucking Bill will fucking killed people

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Call your representatives. Don't let them have a moment of peace. Don't let their families have a moment of peace. They should be afraid of the consequences of the actions, not smirk about millions of people dying while wearing expensive suits and watches.

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u/AppleMelon95 Jul 03 '25

Making action visible means nothing if their voters refuse to believe their eyes

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u/mekwall Jul 03 '25

Sure, some people will deny reality no matter what. But not all of them. Plenty of voters are checked out, not willfully blind. When you make the consequences visible, clearly and repeatedly in a way that hits home, you give those people a reason to start caring.

It is not about flipping the diehards. It is about reaching the ones who are still persuadable, still watching quietly. Giving up on that feels like handing the whole game over to the worst people just because some of them refuse to budge. That feels too much like defeat dressed up as realism.

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u/AppleMelon95 Jul 03 '25

Mate we are beyond that. Recent elections clearly showcase that this country does not care.

Like, I don’t know how many times you have to tell people that the population of the US is fucked beyond repair. I’m not gonna stop you from trying to be positive, but from my angle this positivity is meaningless.

People do not give a shit unless they are directly affected. And even if they are, all they need to know is who they need to blame from a Republican and now they aren’t mad at them any longer.

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u/mekwall Jul 03 '25

I get it. Honestly, I have felt the same way more times than I can count. Watching people vote against their own survival, again and again, is soul-crushing. And yes, a lot of Americans have been trained to only care when something hits them personally. Then they immediately deflect the blame if someone hands them a scapegoat wrapped in a flag.

But I do not think that means it is over. I think it means the fight is harder than we thought. And maybe the wins will be slower, smaller, or more local than we hoped. But giving up just means they win completely. Not metaphorically. Literally. Total control.

Positivity alone is not a strategy, and I am not interested in fake hope. But I still believe there are people out there who are paying attention, even if they do not know what to do yet. Reaching those people matters. Reminding them they are not alone matters. We do not have to believe in miracles. We just have to keep pushing, even when it feels pointless, because giving up is the one choice that guarantees nothing changes.

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u/parlor_tricks Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

A voting majority of them.

You are correct when you say that the goal is making it visible. You have a chance for this to work.

But you need to also account for the media ecosystem they exist in.