I realized after reading about people with aphantasia that what I do is kind of a combination of visualization and conceptualization. If you ask me to imagine a cow, I’ll tend to visualize the cow itself, but it doesn’t come with a field for the cow to stand in. The cow is just in the concept of a place. That is, until I concentrate on visualizing details of the place, at which point I’ll probably lose the visual of the cow. Like, it’s still there, it’s just become the concept of a cow.

3. looking down on the low arts such as needle point, crochet, comedy, street art, dance, etc

Huh… I never realized that, but you’re right. People who look down in other cultures also tend to be the ones who look down on folk art even within their own culture.

I’ve noticed before that the people saying, “If there’s an African American Culture club at this school, why can’t we have a White Culture club?” are never actually the ones interested in learning about the culture of white peoples for its own sake.

The irony being that Russia would have worked fine if the Right wasn’t in their pocket.

Sure, both sides are not the same. But the “good” side is still part of the system that allows the “bad” side to exist.

So by all means, vote for the party that will do less damage in the short term. But oppose FPTP voting at the same time.