@chris
an important caveat:

you can't build #community with people animated by anti-community instincts

that means #cynicism and #perfectionism

people identify these weaknesses unfortunately with #leftism

but real leftism is effective action for a cause. leftism is not a psychological problem that immobilizes you

the same way we say we can't advance #society by including #bigotry or lies. we need to exclude such voices or nothing gets done

they can come around on their own

Notice the hobbyist #crank #edgelords who harp on #perfectionism on #socialMedia including the #Fediverse/ #Mastodon

To suppress your #vote

Such accounts work hard for #MAGA to win. Purposefully or cluelessly

High holy fire and brimstone #purity drama is easy. Anyone can manufacture it. It's not #morality it's cheap #dopamine hits

How to spot fake #leftist accounts:

Is their message

ideological in agenda? or

psychological in appeal?

Amping #cynicism and #toxicIdealism is a scam

How are the #primaries going?

In #LA #LosAngeles #urbanPlanner #NithyaRaman advances over #realityTV star #SpencerPratt whose campaign consisted of weird edgelord #AI shit, I think, I didn't follow that noise

How did she manage that?

Well, people fucking voted

So you out there:

Show up, #vote

Magic perfect candidate doesn't descend from the heavens with angels singing

It's a product of you showing up

It's on *you*

Get off your fucking ass, and vote

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

#California

@katrinakatrinka
yes we are in quite a sad state

and why are we in this sad state?

#MAGA and nonvoters

the #socialMedia manipulation is to amplify the #bigotry vote on the right

and suppress the left vote

do you recognize or care that you are selling psychological manipulation, #cynicism and #perfectionism, as "leftist", no real ideological position in that, in such a way that you suppress the #left #vote and help MAGA and #Likud?

@n1xnx @Scrimshaw9 @eschaton @katrinakatrinka

all those not voting and whining it's the right choice are victims or mongers of a #perfectionism and #cynicism #psyop

expressing no real #leftist ideological position, merely manifesting psychological issues

as an aspect of their genuine sad existence

or as an aspect of being a #rightWing #troll cosplaying #left to suppress the left #vote

what matters is effective #harmReduction

perfection is for losers

literally

@katrinakatrinka @TagYourToe
but reality does change when we see and denounce the simple #psyop games to kill the #left

it's not "complexity" it's simple human weakness: #cynicism and #perfectionism

play psychological games on that, and you can change #elections, and reward #MAGA and #Likud

we see you

@mastodonmigration

#Platner has consistently campaigned on a platform of halting #US military funding to #Israel

now you understand the real purpose behind goosing #perfectionism on the #left to suppress #leftist turnout in the #vote

it is artificially manufactured noise for a #psyop

show me someone upset at Platner's sins, moved to not vote, resulting in a GOP win and all the green lights for Israel to #genocide more, and i'll show you an easily manipulated patsy

@aral
correct

then the point for us is to construct effective destruction of #usa complicity in #genocide

which we do not achieve with #perfectionism

i'm not accusing you of that, i'm pointing out the larger effort at work here to goose perfectionist instincts, and suppress #leftist turnout, and ensure a #GOP win

allowing the genocide to go full steam ahead

#Platner has consistently campaigned on a platform of halting #US military funding to #Israel

@katrinakatrinka @mastodonmigration

#Platner has consistently campaigned on a platform of halting #USA military funding to #Israel

So with #Harris, we forget #transphobia and #womensRights

We focus on the #genocide in #Gaza

Now with Platner we forget all about the genocide in Gaza

we focus on transphobia and women's rights

so people don't vote, GOP wins…

the genocide in Gaza gets greenlights, transphobia advances, and women's rights get curtailed

the power of #perfectionism