vote.gov/ www.vote.org/ Hey all, this was originally just going to be a four-minute PSA telling people to vote, but I couldn’t stop thinking about catgirls calling me a neoliberal hack, so I started having imaginary arguments with the imaginary catgirls and then I realized fuck it, that’s a video. It’s a little under-produced by this channel’s recent standards because I had to rush to get it out before the election. I’m also in the middle of producing a much more ambitious video which I’ll get back to work on now!

I'm mostly upset that I've never voted for anyone I'll ever be willing to publicly defend. I hate the two party system and the idea that political ideologies are binary.

“Biden’s not my boy... but” seems to be Biden’s unofficial campaign slogan at this point.

"I don't expect Trump to go quietly" *(Morgan Freeman narrating)* Indeed he didn't.

"80% of tweets come from 2% of Americans" why did I breathe the BIGGEST sigh of relief though

I’m a Russian bot, but you’ve convinced me to switch sides

I can’t believe Natalie literally invented voting.

“CLOSER TO A VIOLENT UPRISING THAN WE’VE EVER BEEN BEFORE” that aged very well

"when the far right talks about violence and overthrowing the government, they actually mean it." that aged well.

I wish people would stop thinking that revolutions are reset buttons. Governments are not routers. You can't fix them by unplugging and plugging them back in.

"I'm met antifa, they're a furry" is the new i met god, she's a woman.

“If I have to crawl off the god*amn floor on the morning of November 4th… …pick up the phone to find out Caligula Jackson is president for life… …I will chew my way through the bathroom tile, and I will not stop until I reach the gates of hell.” Is probably my most favourite opening monologue I’ve ever heard.

"Antifa isnt scary. Antifa is Ryan and his transgender anarchist friends" I have been attacked.

So, I've seen a lot of "reasons you should NOT vote" statements from radical leftists, because hi I am a radical leftist. But the arguments aaaaalways boil down to exactly the ones you outlined in this video: "don't vote because it won't end capitalism", "don't vote because we should only be protesting," etc. And the thing is, I align myself with leftist ideologies because I want the material conditions -- the actual, tangible reality of people's current lives -- to be better. And that's not going to happen for a whole lot of people if leftists decide, en masse, to not vote. It's basically the same critique we all reasonably launch at centrists: If you choose to do nothing, then materially? You're really just allowing the current power structure to continue doing what it wants. Please vote, Folks!

Voting is not a marriage. Voting is a bus trip : you never get a bus that picks you up in front of your house and drops you exactly where you want to go. Among all the buses, you pick the one that brings you closer to your destination.

"Well you're right, I don't expect Trump to go quietly, but if there's a decisive Biden victory and it's not some sort of vote recount nightmare scenario, then I think the military will force Trump to leave." YOU JINXED IT

"Leftist 22 yr olds" Im literally in that picture and I hate it. I did vote tho in GA. General and runoff

Thanks for mentioning Puerto Rico. Most people forget we’re Americans, too.

im a leftist voting because climate change is just too dire... we dont have time to deal with people who straight up reject science.

Sad thing is, we can now tell roughly how far back a video was by how many people had died of covid.

Wow. Natalie is scary good at reading the room of American politics

contrapoints struggling with her inner cat girl is... internalized meowsogyny

Based and cat-pilled

If you look carefully, some of Tabitha's keystrokes don't actually line up with what is being typed on screen.

Just checking in to point out that Contra has been completely right about everything so far...

At first I thought the ACAB in Tabby's profile was 'assigned cat at birth.'

Don't forget that Biden isn't the only person you're voting on. Down Ballot voting is going to be huge this year. I mean it's possible even Lindsey Graham loses his seat. How amazing would that be?

As a person who lives in florida, a person who isn't a superstitious bigot, and a person who has actual empathy; I'm fully aware that my vote will have 0 impact in the results. I still vote, not out of any delusion it'll have an impact or belief in small changes adding up; but purely out of a sense of civic obligation. The way I see it is this: Even though the vast majority of society has abandoned the concept of society and refuses to perform their responsibilities as members of society, I have no right to follow that example. Other people being trash does not give me the right to be trash. So I vote with the full knowledge that it'll have no impact, just because I don't want to be the kind of person who abandons my duties just because the system is broken.

Natalie, please do not quit making your videos! Brilliant! You're vids are my secret weapon for helping me pull friends and family out of their insane far right views. Much love!!!

The increasingly realistic methods of typing really bring this together

As an ex Jehova's Witness, voting makes me so much edgier than my parents. (For those who don't know, JWs don't vote.)

Hi, my name is Tabatha and I’m actually communist cat girl irl, it scared me when I thought you were literally talking to me specifically. The shock. Also I’m 22. Wild.

Rewatching this video in 2023, realizing that I had previously put a thumbs-down on it, because for some reason I didn't think that Contra would turn out to be 100% right about everything.

I'm an anarchist. I'm also a poll worker. No contradiction. Why? HARM REDUCTION. People first, political philosophy second.

"But if there's a decisive Biden victory and it's not some kind of vote-recount nightmare scenario" This aged well

I guess the right wing really were closer to intent than ideation

we know natalie's fits are always elite but that shirt is giving me "my husband recently died under mysterious circumstances, welcome to my garden party" and i'm LIVING for it

Believe it or not, you can do multiple things at the same time. You could say, vote and also unionize.

"this country is closer to some kind of violent uprising than its ever been in my life" that aged well!!

I've been telling my american friends since 2016 that Bernie was the best option. It is a shame that just by having socially directed politics he was persived as a cuban communist dictator.

This legitimately convinced a couple leftist friends of mine to vote, thank you Contra

You're not just voting for a president, you're voting for other members of your government as well. VOTE

Next year is the first election I will be voting age for… I will definitely be voting for whatever lib we can bully into passing leftist policies 😂

I love how even the most pessimistic anticipations for what Twump will do don't even measure up to what he'll end up doing- Like I knew he was gonna throw a tantrum when he lost, but claiming voter fraud AND THEN basically goading his trumpets to commit terrorism on his behalf? Now that's wild

Thank you for voicing a tough conversation. 💜 I’ve been frustrated with how performative the online sphere is. It’s exhausting to reason with. Now is not the time to be the coolest, most aloof person in the room who refuses to do the bare minimum.

Orange is sus. Vote him out.

I sometimes forget that the US is not a social democracy and that's... sad You've got the money, you've got the resources, but you can't spread them properly

Rewatching in light of the last few weeks - you are prescient as always. You've been wonderful and brave to share your whole journey, your intelligence and humility (yes, I mean that) shines through everything you do, and your ability to just talk sense in a so very human way, is such a light. I wish you had a bigger voice even than this. Thank you

As someone who has worked in crisis services, and engaged in lethality assessments with actively suicidal folks, I love the application of "ideation vs. intent" in this video. It's brilliant.

Gotta say, that “landscaping business” line aged like the finest wine.

“Close to some kind of violent uprising” that aged well

"But if it's not some kind of vote-recount scenario" - Queen has known that in this case something would go south. And it happened 😭

Really like that point about Revolutionary Ideation. My circle of friends is very smash the system/eat the rich when we're chilling together, but in reality we all wake up in the morning, put on a shirt and go work for the corporation because we got bills to pay and we'd like to have a career that allows us to afford some comfort at some point in life. Fantasizing about magical revolution is fun and all, but outside of my small circle of like-minded friends, I'm the most left-wing person I know. Revolution isn't happening tomorrow morning because a handful of socialists in corporate jobs who've never held a weapon decide that capitalism is #cancelled. Revolution comes in two unpleasant forms: fast and deadly, or slow and boring. And let me tell you none of my eat the rich friends are ready for the first kind. As much as we like the idea of pulling out the guillotines and making Bezos kebabs, our temperaments and skillsets are much more suited to the kind of slow, redious, unsexy, incremental reforms we like to sneer at. So maybe just maybe we should do everything we can to ensure there isn't a narcissistic demagogue in the big chair with an army of loyal ghouls syphoning off public funds to grow their own economic power.

For those who are still on the fence about voting: My literal life and hundreds of thousands of others in this country are dependent off of Biden winning. I’m a DACA recipient and my only legal pass here is in dire danger of being revoked by the Trump administration every few months. All I know is America, all I love is America. It’s kind of gross actually because I cry during the national anthem and seriously worship the land in a way that makes born-Americans look at me weird. I’m a law-abiding person who wishes with all of her heart to be able to vote, to be able to not feel like all of my contributions to this country aren’t in vain. It’s sad because Im probably being entitled, I know I don’t “deserve” to be here and I’m getting a “temporary guest pass” at most-but being sent back to my birth country will put me in severe harms way-the reason we ran away from it in the first place. What I’m asking here really is for you to look inside of yourself to please re-consider your vote. We DACA recipients contribute millions and millions to the economy and we create jobs every day! We have so much to offer, so much love and gratitude. Please consider us when you’re looking at your ballot. Im literally begging you to please re-consider. If Trump strips us of our protection most of us will not be able to receive federal aid for college, travel within the country, get a job legally, buy a car from a dealership and a myriad of other things you can freely do. We grew up with you, we speak your language and understand your humor. You wouldn’t have known we were immigrants any other way unless we tell you. We’re Americans too, but we don’t have a voice-we’re not granted that immense luxury. I beg of you to re-consider your vote for Trump. I beg of you to re-consider abstaining from voting. Please. Edit: I want to thank all of the extremely lovely messages I’ve been getting in the comment section. You’re all incredibly wonderful human beings and I wish I could pay the kindness forward. Thank you for listening to my plea without judgment. I hope you are all safe, warm, and your bellies full and may you rest peacefully. There are real consequences to this election. Real lives put in danger. I hope we can buy ourselves some more time.

this is one of those videos that only gets better with time

This video aged like a fine whisky. Well done, Natalie. Well done.

"To me, voting is more of a utilitarian calculation based on the likely consequences of each candidate winning." I can't tell you how validating it was to hear someone say that. I've had similar experiences on Twitter and that one sentence boils my thought process down perfectly.

Refusing to vote isn't a protest if half the population doesn't vote out of apathy anyway.

Complacent liberalism has given the Christofascists their power. Please spread the word and be vocal everyone. Make it crystal clear that we need to unify the left. We need to be solid more than ever next year. And be safe!

the “my boy” sound bit lives in my head rent free.

The bit about revolutionary ideation is honestly something I really needed to hear.

My hottest socialist take - who else zoomed on her bookmarks and is now trying to ALSO figure out the best way to Layer Curtains?

i had a friend that was antifa, his name was Ryan and i remember arguing with him all the time cause i was a conservative at the time. he died probably around the time this video came out. i wonder what he would think about the person i've become, that being a leftist trans girl lmao. i miss him.

This is so much more chilling and poignant now.

Please vote for the neoliberal over the fascist. The whole world has to live under the US president. Love from not-the-US

I thanked my co-supervisor for being so cool about me being trans and his response was 'watching ContraPoints does give some insight'. He recommended your channel to me months ago and knowing that he's a fan of you was one of the things that made me feel safe to come out to my coworkers. Thank you for existing! ^-^

"I think this country is closer to some type of violent uprising than it ever has been in my life" SHE SAW IT COMING YALL

I wish I had found this channel sooner. Thank you for your work!

It is SO VERY HARD imagining a left-leaning person having the opportunity to outvote Trump and not doing so in order to own the libs... Here's a hug from a fellow citized from a fascist-led country who wants the best for you guys - but since the best is not available, you can start by voting Trump off.

Hey, I'm Russian and I strongly advise you to vote instead of ignoring the election. Too many of my Russian peers are choosing the "ignore" option, and like it didn't get us anywhere. Be smart, USA. Vote.

Absolutely love your videos. Everyone needs to hear this... seriously.

I think a lot of people, including me, would really enjoy a retrospective follow up now that Biden has been in office.

When I saw the "ACAB" on Tabby's profile my first thought was that it stood for "Assigned Cat At Birth" until I remembered what it actually stood for.😂

I'm really looking forward to the Delaney Presidency.

yes!!! so much love for you! can't even begin to explain how grateful I am for you and your kick ass videos! just love it so much! gonna keep going strong and staying happy!👘💓 love you and thanks for the support!

Your work is some of the most important on KZfaq. I absolutely love it and you can tell there is so much effort put in. You’re amazing contra!!

I can't believe Natalie single-handedly destroyed Donald Trump

Can we just appreciate Tabby's typing lol

She knew!

The lesser evil is the theme every year

For demographic purposes I'm a 35 year old white male and I work in an oil refinery about 40 minutes North of the edge of civilization. Love your channel. I think you have an important voice and I've learned a lot from listening to you.

When people say activism is an alternative to voting I always think surely voting will determine what your activism will look like. Electing someone "less bad" means the work isn't spread thin between the endless issues that the more bad person will cause. Why not take action that will allow the activism to be more effective and focused.

To be fair, seeing this two years later for the first time, and getting accurately called out... is kind of crazy.

"Of course i don't expect trump to go silently" and sadly you were so right about that.

seeing a contra video less than an hour long was a shock to the system

Watching this after the election is basically orgasmic The "landscaping business" bit is beautifully ironic

This aged well

17:56 I love how as soon as biden won all this was thrown out and none of this happened lmao

On behalf of the rest of the world, please America, vote him out.

Seriously, this isn't an internal thing in the USA... these elections will severely shape a lot us who don't live in the US but will be impacted by your vote (or refusal to vote)... I think it is ridiculous that one country has so much economic, military, "soft", political, whatever power to screw the rest of the world over but that is where we are. In South Africa, I work at a non-profit, and Trump has been a disaster... and honestly, I don't understand having the option of casting a vote and not taking it... the rest of us will be impacted by your (in)decision as well

The music background for a lot of the different people you talk about is really funny, Nat. Never change. I've been binge watching your stuff, and I freaking love all of it.

This aged like hot milk lol. Biden has been a disaster. Coulda had Bernie, or Howie Hawkins, but no.

Okay, you convinced me. Today, where I live, it’s the last day to register. It’s 11:44 pm, and I just finished filling out the form to register to vote. I’m a transgender man who is apolitical, but I know what’s right and I’m not going to act like I don’t. As much as I love to walk around and act as if the world isn’t a political place, it is, and it does change how everything is. I originally felt I was to incompetent to vote, but I think I know enough. I’ll vote for Joe Biden.

I'm pro "riden with Biden" to oust Trump. My one concern is people going back to sleep when he's gone, thinking ousting Trump is an end in itself rather than a start.

I mean, she had predicted everything!!

I love the various nonsense things that Tabby-chan does with the keyboard in lieu of typing that actually make words appear anyway.

Watching this on the night after the far right stormed the capitol and were treated far more gently than college kids peacefully holding BLM signs have been. A tremendous amount of this is ringing true.

Natalie Wynn just dommed me into voting using facts and logic

This is the only video of Natalie’s that has an expiration date. And even then I would recommend it to someone 60 years in the future as a snapshot of left-leaning commentators on the 2020 election.

I’ve always admired Natalie’s humor; I think her way of presenting this information can make people more comfortable listening and would be more effective in convincing them.