This should have been obvious because they are different words, but since we have people complaining that anything related to the US election should go in c/electoralism, it has become necessary to point this out.

Shitposting about Biden being a doo doo head is not electoralism. Electoralism in our context is attempting to bring about change using the existing institutions of a bourgeois democracy. The reason there's a sub for this is because not everyone thinks this is an effective tactic, not to protect the delicate sensibilities of everyone who doesn't want to hear about an election.

    • gayhobbes [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      It's the response I keep getting from every anti-c/electoralism poster. They think it's about delicate sensibilities and not that this is literally a safe haven for a lot of us and it's nice to not have to be reminded of the American election every five fucking minutes