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@benroyce@mastodon.social @qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social @wokerati@mastodon.social @hoare_spitall@mastodon.world @JustRobForNow@mastodon.social @evoterra@podvibes.co It's simply a fact that showing up is half of life. If you don't show up, you miss out on what is being offered. Others *will* show up and then *they* choose the direction to go in, not you. Show up. Vote.

It's not enough to vote the orange shitgibbon out of office. The GOP itself must be dismantled, root & branch. We can see the beginning of this in our recent primaries & special elections. We're winning districts that had gone double digits for Trump. Previously uncontestable GOP seats are getting shaky. GOP office holders are walking away from what should be no-lose contests. The margin of victory is in the turnout margins in the gerrymandered districts.

With high turnout, they got wiped out of the *parliamentary seats* which is going to allow TISZA to immediately reverse the bulk of Orban's constitutional & regulatory abuse. There was always a strong likelihood of Orban himself being defeated, but the real victory was ripping out his party's control of the parliament. We need to pay attention to this in the US & we need to repeat this success, state by state, district by district.

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online @benroyce@mastodon.social @qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social @wokerati@mastodon.social @hoare_spitall@mastodon.world @JustRobForNow@mastodon.social @evoterra@podvibes.co It covers pretty much any socio-political change event you can imagine. Show up.

@carnage4life@mas.to I had hands on with Palantir in 2013. It was clear then what the product was intended to do (questionable that it could fully deliver because of difficulty bringing in all the data they wanted), and my clients were slavering over what they could do to their staff, their customers and their "targets". It was the ultimate tool for the ultimate secret police force. It built dossiers on everyone the org touched, then everyone in their circle, and the next circle, etc.

@shoq I'm looking at the parliamentary super majority which has the power to undo a lot of Orban's damage...if that's their goal. That is where change must happen. If the party wants to be a little center right, then it will be a return to normal democratic politics, like the German Christian Democrats. For now, it may be enough that they are anti-Putin/Trump.

@SarahKite@mastodon.social Always, but I also do not spend much time in indoor public places

@SarahKite@mastodon.social I'm very lucky that my work is mostly remote, with only a day or two in the office each month. I'm sure to mask there. I don't eat out much, but that's not a big change from pre-Covid. I'm vaxxed & boosted so if I am in a situation where I can't avoid an indoor location w/many people & no mask, I'm as protected as I can be.

@jab01701mid That would be me.

@alesroubicek Agreed. This is going to take sustained effort over time not just to dismantle, but also to create something to improve. Destruction is always easier than creation.

@cricket_bacon *shrug* Sure, gerrymandering is gerrymandering. My point isn't the fact of gerrymandering, it is the way in which manipulation of voter pools can catastrophically backfire if turnout greatly exceeds the manipulation margin. If you get massive turnout *and* the district holds, well, then it's either a different type of manipulation (packing vs. cracking) or it is an accurate reflection of the wishes of the majority of voters.