Because that's an extremely easy position to argue against; It's the strawman of leftist attitudes on elections that liberals constantly pretend we have. Voting is incredibly easy for the vast majority of us, so we may as well vote third party to voice the popularity of leftism.
I don't think EelBolshevikism was saying "you must not vote". You can criticise the idea of voting as effectively pointless, and still vote PSL for the tiniest mind bogglingly little almost-nothing it will achieve.
I do think it's important not to concede to any argument that voting in the current system is important in any meaningful way.
We should not compromise the validity of our arguments with hyperbole. We should state what is correct and not exceed those bounds for the sake of rhetorical effect.
I am not using hyperbole, voting is almost entirely pointless (right now) if the purpose is to get someone into office. It is absolutely a useful tool as a part of bolstering the power and status of actual leftist organizations. I should have clarified that more and it is misleading the way I said it, I'm sorry
Because that's an extremely easy position to argue against; It's the strawman of leftist attitudes on elections that liberals constantly pretend we have. Voting is incredibly easy for the vast majority of us, so we may as well vote third party to voice the popularity of leftism.
I don't think EelBolshevikism was saying "you must not vote". You can criticise the idea of voting as effectively pointless, and still vote PSL for the tiniest mind bogglingly little almost-nothing it will achieve.
I do think it's important not to concede to any argument that voting in the current system is important in any meaningful way.
We should not compromise the validity of our arguments with hyperbole. We should state what is correct and not exceed those bounds for the sake of rhetorical effect.
I am not using hyperbole, voting is almost entirely pointless (right now) if the purpose is to get someone into office. It is absolutely a useful tool as a part of bolstering the power and status of actual leftist organizations. I should have clarified that more and it is misleading the way I said it, I'm sorry