About a year ago, I burned out on political contributions, regardless of the virtues of the candidates. The Act Blue ecosystem just came to seem so predatory and toxic I wanted nothing to do with it. I'm getting close to that point with subscription services, the substacks, the streamers, the software. Some of it I still can't do without, but I feel revulsion every time I see these charges and I'm beginning to accept some sacrifice to tell them to fuck off.
@interfluidity Yep, I'm the exact same way. In 2020, I donated to causes I thought were important and had two paid subscriptions to major newspapers. I have none of that now and am cancelling streaming services as well.
If these groups want to keep driving down their own value propositions, then they have to expect us to meet our limits at some point.
The political spam in particular is ridiculous. Why do I get spam texts to donate to local candidates on the other side of the country?
@interfluidity Agreed. But more importantly, fuck the system that makes it so money even matters to getting elected in the first place. If we really wanted the best people to serve, that wouldn't be the case.
@LouisIngenthron I can hear all the arguments. Races are nationalized, we need to pull together, the other side is terrible, whatever.
Revulsion. I am just so tired of feeling like the teet of some cow in cyberspace, constantly provoked enraged pleaded made dependent encouraged not to look so an ever faster drip can be maintained.
Fuck these machines, these systems we've built to do this to ourselves.