But this is not just memes. It's actually counterproductive if people decide "haha abstentionism is so cool and true". Abstaining does absolutely nothing. You don't have to vote for someone to win. Obviously people who are not expecting to win or even get a lot of votes are still running for a reason (although there is also people who are expecting to achieve that on a more local level). Even if someone is not even anywhere close to doing well, gathering votes is a decent way to gauge support or dissatisfaction with other candidates and the popularity of some positions, as well as a way to gain more visibility. Not to mention that the vast majority people just won't take your politics seriously at all if you just say "fuck elections haha", especially when you're not doing great at presenting a viable alternative for them.
So voting does matter, as does "electoralism" and they should be utilized because you just can't afford not to milk every last available avenue, especially when it is something as simple as just dropping a ballot in a box. Almost every major communist movement in the past has participated or tried to participate in elections of any kind etc whenever they were allowed to, regardless of their prospects of winning or the legitimacy of the process. There are reasons for that.
I made an entire post where I explained to you why yes, it does indeed matter. And if you don't believe me at least believe... Idk, the bulk of communist parties since forever.
Having any position at all on who to vote for is completely pointless. So just let people enjoy memes about abstaining from the sham elections lol
What?
Also no, you're not taking this seriously enough. There's more to politics than memes.
I have no idea what you're trying to say to me.
I'm not sure what you are saying either.
But this is not just memes. It's actually counterproductive if people decide "haha abstentionism is so cool and true". Abstaining does absolutely nothing. You don't have to vote for someone to win. Obviously people who are not expecting to win or even get a lot of votes are still running for a reason (although there is also people who are expecting to achieve that on a more local level). Even if someone is not even anywhere close to doing well, gathering votes is a decent way to gauge support or dissatisfaction with other candidates and the popularity of some positions, as well as a way to gain more visibility. Not to mention that the vast majority people just won't take your politics seriously at all if you just say "fuck elections haha", especially when you're not doing great at presenting a viable alternative for them.
So voting does matter, as does "electoralism" and they should be utilized because you just can't afford not to milk every last available avenue, especially when it is something as simple as just dropping a ballot in a box. Almost every major communist movement in the past has participated or tried to participate in elections of any kind etc whenever they were allowed to, regardless of their prospects of winning or the legitimacy of the process. There are reasons for that.
Neither does voting
no
If you think voting actually accomplishes anything you are simply wrong. There's really not any more to it than that.
I made an entire post where I explained to you why yes, it does indeed matter. And if you don't believe me at least believe... Idk, the bulk of communist parties since forever.
Yeah, you made a post in which you were wrong a lot, and now you continue to be wrong.
You just completely ignored it.
I didn't ignore it. I read it. It was wrong. I saw no reason to engage with it.
And yet you are engaging.
This is pathetic, don't do it.