@SCG @Gillinger @JoeGrowling

Exactly Shirley - your view and hopefully that of millions of others across the world. The argument that 'it won't do any good' is like the argument that a vote for a party that won't win is 'wasted'. We should all have learnt one clear thing from Farage: you can get what you want without ever getting to make the decision yourself - without ever actually winning formal power.

These things are not win/lose - you can do some good without achieving the end result you hoped for - history is replete with examples of struggles that seemed to be frustrated, or utterly defeated - but in retrospect we see they were part of a movement that changed the world.

RE: https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/115952148023728730

Are there petitions in other countries to boycott the FIFA World Cup in the US ?

@Lynnd @randahl @ApostateEnglishman

I'm kind-of with Randahl on this. Although I think if it looks like they'll lose, the Republicans will engineer an excuse to cancel the elections, I'm also inclined to think non-violent protest and economic pressure represent the better strategy until that cancellation, because I think that political outrage - along with the intervening economic deterioration - will give clarity to many people and unite the opposition. It might even split the Republicans.