Yea, I definitely read the first couple paragraphs as them building their progressive bona-fides: 'trust me guys, i know my shit'. Not that mutual aid and community building aren't great and worthwhile endeavors, but they aren't the direct-action political activism implied by the pick-the-lesser-evil conclusion.

And then there's the 'please vote' framing of the lemmy repost, which is a much more black-and-white 'principled leftists say you should vote' suggestion.