so many people don't recognize #toxicIdealism is an extremely easy #troll to suppress the #left vote
it's so easy to make a #socialMedia account, throw up some left signifiers in a profile, and troll away with high holy fire and brimstone about perfection
of course, some of these voices are real
but if anyone thinks this sentiment does anything except help #MAGA win, they are a fool
better or worse is the only options we will ever get
forever
choose better, and iterate
Are you loving it?
How do we replicate it across the #USA?
Mob the fuck out of #primaries #primaries2026
Get real #left candidates in the general #election
#Psyop #troll farms will be harping on #toxicIdealism to suppress the #vote on the left. This has been going on for awhile now. Do not listen to such voices
"They're nice but {insert deranged appeal to #perfectionism here} so I'm not voting" is how #MAGA and #geopolitical #trollfarm operates on *you*
My commiserations to everyone in the thread(s) — apart from the antagonist of course.
Yet another example of #ToxicIdealism (h/t @benroyce)
[PersonA — typically a politician] isn't 100% aligned with my views on [TopicB] so they should be excoriated, even though that’ll be to the advantage of [PersonC — again, typically a politician, but who competes with PersonA and who is objectively much, much worse]
I hope everyone's day gets better
@benroyce is probably the best person to comment on this, but I'm not sure it's just that people "couldn't be bothered”. There was an epidemic of #ToxicIdealism spread perhaps primarily by the “G-n-c-d- Joe” brigade leading a non-trivial number to not vote as some sort of masochistic protest.
The left wing must, finally, learn the lesson:
Fight in the primaries, unite in the election
@billyjoebowers @tarheel @Okanogen @trochee @paninid
#toxicIdealism is a sad combination of:
1. alienation from the world
the world is ugly. it's debilitating
but we live in the real world. it has to be faced, no matter how ugly
2. tweaking the ego
no excuse for that. narcissistic self-regard above all else is repellant
also, they frequently cite moral arguments
problem is, morality is about action
if your "morality" argues for inaction, it isn't morality at all
it's ego masturbation
"it's never my fault" is a standard personality trait of #narcissism
that's amongst the many things #MAGA essentially is (besides #bigotry, #ignorance, etc):
politically weaponized narcissism
millions of Americans out there, turned out to #vote by a #psyop campaign in right wing #media and #socialMedia catering to their personality disorders
(the same psyop campaigns work over personality disorders common on the left, such as #toxicIdealism, to suppress the vote on the left)
north korea has elections too
obviously #usa #democracy is in peril, but that's no reason to capitulate prematurely out of #cynicism
voting is merely a realm of a larger battle
you participate because a #vote shifts the battle lines
"but i want perfection now so i'm not voting" like an airhead makes the struggle harder
you move in a direction, you don't stand on #toxicIdealism
it's not romantic, it's pragmatic
or, don't vote
now we're even more fucked
Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.
Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.
The direction of the anger is the point.
Update: Now with Alt-text.
#ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay
@BeautifulThings@beige.party @pixelpusher220
many on the left don't see that their own immature #toxicIdealism helps the fascist GOP win
yes, a lot of the whiny "i want perfect or i don't vote" shit on social media is trolls working a psyop on airhead leftist
but the trolls do it because it works
the fucking entitled airheads fall for it
yes, entitled:
if the stakes aren't enough to move you to #vote, however imperfect the choice, you are entitled
show the fuck up, impotent assholes
@CStamp @ZDL @mikelovesbikes @wendinoakland @todymotmot @profdc9 @GutterPoetry @zakalwe
you would think people would notice the extensive #psyop to convince the #left to not vote, via various methods: #learnedHelplessness, #toxicIdealism, premature empty cynical capitulation, "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe" and other endless bullshit, and understand that what they should do is #vote
@The_Caretaker@urbanists.social @72mz @farbel @MannyDexter @MrBirch @grumble209 @todymotmot @wendinoakland @profdc9 @zakalwe
right, typical #toxicIdealism
"dems kill palestinians, i'll never vote dem"
and thus we get trump and many more dead palestinians
while if you vote dem, you get less dead palestinians
that should matter to you
but no
what matters to you is impossible purity
not the reality you live in
thus you have a big heart
and no fucking brain:
your nonvote, in reality, *harms* palestinians
@bebadefabo @dragonsidedd@mstdn.science
Beyond this, though, the original assertion is ill-founded.
In a "first past the post” system such as we have currently, *logically* all a party has to be is "least worst”.
Granted, that's not particularly motivating, but acknowledging that would be better than the #ToxicIdealism @benroyce frequently calls out.
@todymotmot @FranceskaMann @profdc9 @zakalwe @wendinoakland @GutterPoetry
the essential #psychological failure of #toxicIdealism is as follows:
if one can justify a position inside the ivory tower mind palace of one's self-regard, then that is "morality"
no, it's #ego masturbation
true #morality is action, even if it is messy
but they value the purity of themselves, over actually mattering to the world
the real world is too messy, they can't be bothered with messiness
ego over #reality
@grumble209 @todymotmot @wendinoakland @profdc9 @GutterPoetry @zakalwe
you're not the fool
the #democrats suck but they are obviously better than #MAGA
the fools are those who think they have no stake in the outcome
they are entitled people
they believe a #trump presidency won't touch them
they sit out and demand perfection over simply better
people who think like that will never prevail in this world
it's *always* strategy. and via their fragile #toxicIdealism, they lose. we all lose
@todymotmot @profdc9 @GutterPoetry @zakalwe
yeah the spineless cynicism on the #left is nothing but premature capitulation to malice
combined with #purityPolitics and #toxicIdealism, it's self-destruction
you need to fight
always
you need to be positive
always
and you need to accept better rather than whining about not getting perfect
always
@IndieGoblin @RobotDiver @RegGuy
Robot Diver:
would you admit that #trollfarm #psyop from #maga or internationally lies and falsely depicts #AOC's record to suppress the #left #vote?
if you do, please don't buy that manipulation anymore
most importantly:
there is a metric shitton of that lying psyop on AOC coming
absolutely nobody thinks AOC is perfect
there is no hero worship here, that's what maga morons do
understand the game of lies to elicit #toxicIdealism to suppress the vote
a lot of the #toxicIdealism you see on #mastodon in terms of "they're not perfect, so don't #vote" is the same as a russian #troll putting an american flag on their #twitter handle and goosing #kremlin narratives targeting #maga
fake #leftists on the #fediverse with lazy easy #left bonafides to do their #psyop
they do it, because it unfortunately works
toxic idealism is a real problem with #leftist rhetoric
they suppress the left vote and we get #trump
i don't really give a shit about these "they're not perfect" takes
you can find dirt on anyone
overall, #aoc and #bernieSanders are way better than any other credible challenge, and that's what matters
#toxicIdealism is a problem in this world
do not fall for it
and plenty of it is just a #socialMedia #psyop by #maga and #geopolitical #trollfarm to incapacitate your #vote
do not fall for it!
@inthehands @StillIRise1963 @tarheel
why i'm posting this now
#midterms2026 means enough #democrats to stonewall #trump
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 #toxicidealism
some of it is #geopolitical #trollfarm #psyop
advertising their fake #leftist bonafides, like an american flag profile on #twitter injecting a #maga #kremlin agenda
people fall for it
last year i had heated arguments with nonvoters
putting aside #geopolitical #trollfarm accounts working a #psyop, some of them were real (that's why they work this psyop: #toxicidealism is real)
the #democrats suck
but the choice matters
you *build* on it
you iterate
you don't expect perfect, then pout when you don't get it
#vote, motherfuckers
