additionally what HalfSalesman@lemmy.world fails to realize is electoral compaigning isnt perfectly safe either, theres recent precedent of a politician putting up campaign signs being sexually assaulted. of political opponents being raided. of voters for whatever opposition party having their name and location information recorded if not openly accessible online for targeting. putting your name on a clipboard is insecure and opens you up to harmful actors, both those who scam you for your time and money and those who hate you because you voted "the other guy". meanwhile you dont have to put down any name or even have people know who you are for things like FnB, skill shares, mutual aid, etc. and the whole goal of other things like direct action often times is to never even be seen or noticed.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (15 children)

    ah yes the cult of checks notes wanting to keep the planet alive.

    as opposed to the very normal behavior of letting a highly government subsidized industry which cant turn a profit that is causing massive pollution of not only our source of fresh water (the thing you cant live without for longer than 3 days), the air (the thing you cant live without for like 10 minutes), our soil (which is used to grow food, the thing you cant live without for iirc for a week), and our the world of information that was once at our finger tips and now has resulted in papers showing that even 1 hour of ai usage for conversing leads to extremely significant cognitive impairments.

    but yes i am in a cult and not you, surely. lmfao

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