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We can't win it from the idiots if we all pack up and leave.At this point I don't believe the idiots can be convinced that their choice is bad unless it blows up in their face because everyone else left.
I don't know if you've ever met a family where one kid got major drug/mental health issues that landed then in the street? After so many times trying to save them, I've never known a family that didn't decide to just stop and wait on their child to be ready to save themself, otherwise it's the rest of the family that would rip itself apart.
What I'm saying is, your State is full of people with mental health issues and it's spreading and it might be a good idea to move out before they rip you apart. Hell, they're already doing it to migrants, if you think they won't come after "the commies that vote for the Democrats" at some point then you're much more optimistic than I am.
Please go look up independent polls of single issue opinions in Texas, then go look up what voter suppression is.
Do you realize how many people you are telling to "just leave" regardless of means or ability to do so. It is not a viable "solution". There are activists groups all over the state that are making changes, but they need help, not derision.
I understand but I disagree. Martin Luther King was starting to try to turn those same idiots before he died. I believe he really could have. There are other charismatic leaders that could today.
The billionaire class knows that as soon as people stop fighting left vs right and instead unite and organize bottom vs top that they're completely outnumbered. Yes convincing the temporarily embarrassed millionaires in the US does seem impossible. But I won't give up hope.
The previous presidential election was closer than ever in Texas. Sure the voting districts are gerrymandered to hell. But if people would just register and vote I believe the democrats could turn this state at both federal and state level regardless of how districts are drawn. Ted Cruz is up for election and I think this time he may also really lose. But if everyone sane just packed up and left then the idiots really do win.