My bad, I meant “we do” as in “we should do”, not “we are doing”.
And we can motivate others to do the same by replacing finger-pointing (e.g. “it’s your fault for not voting/voting third party” vs “it’s your fault for not pressuring Democrats into choosing a decent candidate” or something like that, idk) with mutual support and actionable advice (“it doesn’t matter whose fault is it, right now we need all the support we can get. Here’s something you can do”)
I think people are busy and they need an incentive to prioritize their political engagement. I agree that guilt is a bad motivator and something else would be better.
Still, not wanting to handle guilt seems to be a core mechanism in influencing people. If that’s how the population is controlled then the left would have to figure out how to handle it to win back influence.
My bad, I meant “we do” as in “we should do”, not “we are doing”.
And we can motivate others to do the same by replacing finger-pointing (e.g. “it’s your fault for not voting/voting third party” vs “it’s your fault for not pressuring Democrats into choosing a decent candidate” or something like that, idk) with mutual support and actionable advice (“it doesn’t matter whose fault is it, right now we need all the support we can get. Here’s something you can do”)
Are people waiting to do things?
I think people are busy and they need an incentive to prioritize their political engagement. I agree that guilt is a bad motivator and something else would be better.
Still, not wanting to handle guilt seems to be a core mechanism in influencing people. If that’s how the population is controlled then the left would have to figure out how to handle it to win back influence.