Voting matters. Y’all should grow up. Yes, voting doesn’t solve everything but it clearly matters.

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    • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      ...how am I posting "the media narrative" right now? How have I started "the same struggle session" again unless for you the point is if I say anything against the metanarrative here, then that's a "struggle session", and moreover the same "struggle session*. Stop attacking me, attack my points.

        • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          What's the counter to this point:

          You vote on election day and spend the rest of your time organizing. That is all I'm saying. Come election day, you vote for the Democrats. Why? Because they're better (less bad) than the alternative. The democrats will not pass an anti-abortion or an anti-lgtb bill. The republicans will.

      • aaro [they/them, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        You need to do better to advocate for other forms of praxis, I'm gonna be real. There's a good argument to be made that voting does more than nothing but you need to be clear that just voting is below the bare minimum and we're going to have to make some bacon and punch some Nazis for liberation as well.

        • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Of course! When have I not advocated for that??? Voting is a tool you use to help you defeat the Nazis. And not using it directly helps the Nazis.

                • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
                  hexagon
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                  2 years ago

                  In the context of modern liberal capitalist regimes, it absolutely is. Not the most important tool, but it is a tool.

                  • silent_water [she/her]
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                    2 years ago

                    yeah, if you withhold your vote as bloc and force the democrats to negotiate with you. otherwise, you're just performing a meaningless ritual.

                    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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                      2 years ago

                      I agree with this, we need to be more proactive about convincing people not to vote, and for ideologically consistent reasons.