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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.nz/@IndieGoblin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@IndieGoblin</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RobotDiver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RegGuy</a>Robot Diver:would you admit that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> or internationally lies and falsely depicts <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AOC</a>'s record to suppress the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>?if you do, please don't buy that manipulation anymoremost importantly:there is a metric shitton of that lying psyop on AOC comingabsolutely nobody thinks AOC is perfectthere is no hero worship here, that's what maga morons dounderstand the game of lies to elicit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicIdealism</a> to suppress the vote

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CStamp</a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RobotDiver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RegGuy</a> a lot of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicIdealism</a> you see on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> in terms of "they're not perfect, so don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>" is the same as a russian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#troll</a> putting an american flag on their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitter</a> handle and goosing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kremlin</a> narratives targeting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a>fake <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftists</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> with lazy easy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> bonafides to do their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a>they do it, because it unfortunately workstoxic idealism is a real problem with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftist</a> rhetoricthey suppress the left vote and we get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://starlite.rodeo/@RobotDiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RobotDiver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@RegGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RegGuy</a> i don't really give a shit about these "they're not perfect" takesyou can find dirt on anyoneoverall, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aoc</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bernieSanders</a> are way better than any other credible challenge, and that's what matters<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicIdealism</a> is a problem in this worlddo not fall for itand plenty of it is just a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> to incapacitate your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>do not fall for it!

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@inthehands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@StillIRise1963</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/@tarheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tarheel</a>why i'm posting this now<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#midterms2026</a> means enough <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democrats</a> to stonewall <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>but as the time draws near you will hear the same old whiny lies:"both sides the same""corruption is everything""nothing matters""waah waah"some of it is real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>some of it is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a>advertising their fake <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftist</a> bonafides, like an american flag profile on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitter</a> injecting a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kremlin</a> agendapeople fall for it

Ben Royce 🇺🇦last year i had heated arguments with nonvotersputting aside <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> accounts working a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a>, some of them were real (that's why they work this psyop: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> is real)the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democrats</a> suckbut the choice mattersyou *build* on ityou iterateyou don't expect perfect, then pout when you don't get it<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Midterms2026</a>:<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>, motherfuckers

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/@ohmu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ohmu</a> <a href="https://beige.party/@Kierkegaanks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Kierkegaanks</a> some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonvoters</a> are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rightWing</a> turds toowe see the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicIdealism</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a>, the "it's not perfect so i won't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>" because we're on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> and in other social silos on the left, which amplifies our impressionstill, it's a lot of people like that, enough to make a differencewhich is why some of these toxic idealism voices we see are just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollFarm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a>, cosplaying their fake <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftWing</a> bonafides and working hard to suppress the vote on the left

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://beige.party/@RickiTarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RickiTarr</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Midterms2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Midterms2026</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Midterms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Midterms</a> Whiny voices soon on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>:"both sides the same""i oddly focus on only one issue where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> aren't perfect""nothing matters, all is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>"and other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicIdealism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a>these are not organic voicesthey will trumpet their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftism</a> bonafides like Russian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trolls</a> on Twitter with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> flags but they are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agentProvocateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agentProvocateur</a> divide and conquerdon't get me wrong:yes, the Democrats suckbut if you don't see the choice?oof 🤦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a>

Charo del GenioNew paper out.What happens when you make a model that includes realistic details about how people discuss ideas and decide how to act upon them? The answer is that with just 3 such elements of realism, one can mathematically explain the emergence of commonly observed situations, such as reaching a consensus and exchanging opinions, but also the separation of ideologies and the appearance of stable polarization. Not only this, but one can also account for phenomena such as peer pressure, cognitive dissonance, tactical voting and toxic idealism ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@benroyce</a> I told you I was going to do it 😀 ) and prove how they affect the final state of the system.<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077924015352" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077924015352</a><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#networks</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bifurcations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bifurcations</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/opiniondynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opiniondynamics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/consensus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consensus</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polarization</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voting</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/peerpressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peerpressure</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/cognitivedissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cognitivedissonance</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/tacticalvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tacticalvoting</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>

mmalc<a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@benroyce</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@cherylgk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cherylgk</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mloxton</a> <a href="https://social.coop/@chrispomeroyhale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chrispomeroyhale</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@the5thColumnist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@the5thColumnist</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a> Further to: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmalc/113772917632059898" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@mmalc/113772917632059898</a>"She lost the most ground in deep-Blue urban areas, where the dangers of a second Trump administration seemed most remote.”I suspect the “deep-Blue urban areas” are where there's a greater percentage of holier-than-thous who are precisely the sort of people who'd adopt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicIdealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicIdealism</a> before sensible pragmatism.Re: <a href="https://www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-won" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-won</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@cherylgk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cherylgk</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mloxton</a> <a href="https://social.coop/@chrispomeroyhale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@chrispomeroyhale</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@the5thColumnist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@the5thColumnist</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> is as bad a phenomenon as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#right</a> and equally prone to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manipulation</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a>with MAGA the manipulation is to champion <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigotry</a> and make the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigot</a> feel safewith the left the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a> game is to demand absolute <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ideological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ideological</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#purity</a> in high holy fire and brimstone fury, and use that emotional high to detach, alienate, not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>and losein realitywhich is what matters

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@the5thColumnist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@the5thColumnist</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mloxton</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> wants <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israel</a> to "finish the problem" in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biden</a> started withholding arms at one point because of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a>both the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democrats</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> suckbut one is better, and one is worseif you hew to the standard of perfect and don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a> or vote 3rd party, you help get us worsei don't like that. but that is realityyou *never* get perfect as a choiceyou must choose better, and *iterate*<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> is self-destruction

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/@madrobin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@madrobin</a> i like your post, however:"I don't know any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idealistic</a> left non-voters"oof<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> is a huge huge problem with people who don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> so much so that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> target this unfortunate character aspect just as much as they target <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigotry</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ohunt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ohunt</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a> yupfor many, a personal sense of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ideological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ideological</a> purity is more important than effective, imperfect, changetheir hearts are in the right place, but their minds are AWOLthey can't bring themselves to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a> for someone who they sense is impurethe effect is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#right</a> grows strongeri don't know how to tell people on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> that:they aren't abandoning their principles, they are recognizing that strategy matters to get positive change in this world<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@obscurestar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@obscurestar</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KathyLK</a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#right</a> hacks many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychological</a> weaknessesblame shifting is a big oneit's unfortunate many on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> also fall for the trickout of some misguided sense of anger on the ideologically impure, while the outright malicious are met with silencethe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> effect is obvious and real and strong, and they don't know or carethe left really needs to come to grips with the fact that constant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ideological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ideological</a> purity inquisitions kills the left<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@obscurestar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@obscurestar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RonSupportsYou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.seahousen.eu/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@me</a> i'm not trying to shamei'm doing withering condemnation, zero appealsin my view, if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harris</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biden</a> did the impossible and changed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israel</a>'s policies and actions, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> gang would merely move the goalposts and invented some other reason not to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>their real concern is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a>their real concern is making excuses to abrogate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialresponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialresponsibility</a>they are useless entitled dead weightthey aren't even on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a>they're cosplayers

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RonSupportsYou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@BenAveling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BenAveling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.seahousen.eu/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@me</a> holy shityou dropped the mask and openly defended <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> by assuming some sort of good intentions on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> from that orange assholeeveryone:look and see the real motivation behind the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/troll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#troll</a> angle here ^^^^^^screenshot for when you backtrack and delete after you realize you dropped your troll mask:

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RonSupportsYou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@BenAveling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BenAveling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.seahousen.eu/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@me</a> but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harris</a> *did* speak forcefully on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a>:<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/02/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/02/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas/</a>but it's never enough for impotent, fragile <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>your error is you assume you are dealing with rational peopleyou are notyou are dealing with people whose job #1 is to make an excuse to not participatethey will do this forever, always moving the goalposttheir idiotic, self-destructive "goal" is holy perfection, now, or they excuse themselves from social responsibility

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.world/@BenAveling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BenAveling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RonSupportsYou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.seahousen.eu/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@me</a> this is true for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psyop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psyop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trollfarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollfarm</a> who pushed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a> angle- the malice that you refer tothey amplified the "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harris</a> doesn't speak forcefully enough on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a>, so don't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a>"they understood the true effect: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> winsand they laugh all the way to the bank, because, unfortunately, these entitled, privileged morons who feel they can afford to not vote are real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#americans</a>, as stupid and as easy to manipulate as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.seahousen.eu/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@me</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RonSupportsYou</a>the question for those who didn't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vote</a> over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> is simple:which candidate had a better chance of *moving in the direction* of reigning in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israel</a>but for simpleton <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toxicidealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toxicidealism</a>, the only thought is "give me perfect! now!"which they will never get, in any universethis impotent attitude helped give us <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a>- they didn't voteso their *intention* is good but their *action* hurt their own causenevermind all the other issues that should matter to them, as you say

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