True, but I wouldn't call these particular people or the group "the Left." Several of us have experience with the Left going back decades, but we're not the ones who are talking about sitting out the election. Those who are, are totally focused on this one issue and don't seem all that aware of either the history or the wider world.
What surprises me is that they aren't among the younger members of the group. They're closer to my age. When I was in my 20s (basically the 1970s), I was partly in the "if voting could change anything, it would be illegal" camp, but I also thought voting was primarily about voting one's conscience. Reagan's election in 1980 cured me of that one, and I've been a regular voter ever since (and since 2017 a poll worker in my town).
Further proof that the Left never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity (unfortunatly).
True, but I wouldn't call these particular people or the group "the Left." Several of us have experience with the Left going back decades, but we're not the ones who are talking about sitting out the election. Those who are, are totally focused on this one issue and don't seem all that aware of either the history or the wider world.
What surprises me is that they aren't among the younger members of the group. They're closer to my age. When I was in my 20s (basically the 1970s), I was partly in the "if voting could change anything, it would be illegal" camp, but I also thought voting was primarily about voting one's conscience. Reagan's election in 1980 cured me of that one, and I've been a regular voter ever since (and since 2017 a poll worker in my town).
Yes, the other name for them is The Irrelevant Left.