From the article: “Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for “Texas VPN” jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase “How to access Pornhub.””

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    8 months ago

    They are heavily entrenched in Texas. They will have to badly piss off most people enough that they all go vote in the same cycle.

    Our state government has actually been getting much more radical over the past few years, because the only people who vote are conservative radicals, because everyone else is either apathetic or aware that their vote won’t matter unless millions of people suddenly wake up tomorrow and vote.

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      8 months ago

      Millions of people not voting because it would take millions of people voting to elicit positive change and nobody is doing that is one of the most frustrating things.

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        8 months ago

        I refuse to be part of that group. I’m a democrat living in KS and I vote in every single election I can. My candidate may not win, but damnit they will count my vote and know that I dissent.

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      8 months ago

      Isn’t Texas getting more and more purple? I think Biden only Lots by 5 percentage points. Lots of tech people, California emigrants, and “east coast” educated types moved to the cities there (like Austin).

      Granted Texas is huge so the cities play less of a role in the overall state picture.

      It might not be a swing state yet, by I don’t know that it’s as entrenched red as it used to be.

      I honestly think that a lot of the bullshit about abortion is an attempt to force those blue voters out of their state because they are scared they are losing their grip.

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        8 months ago

        Yes, but actually no. In the federal election, it is trending that way.

        Our state government has gotten both more corrupt and HARD right, mostly because the only people who care enough to vote in those elections are the crazies.