Same here. Whether I vote or not somebody is gonna win. Might as well judge it towards who I like, or is at least more palatable. Something something civic duty and all that.
Local elections are way more important than the presidential one, though. If you're not already, get involved in local politics, y'all.
Your county commissioner and school board director probably don't have much to do with the genocide, but a lot of these elections are literally "schoolteacher" vs "guy who thinks girls shouldn't be taught to read" in places and I think taking a stand in those cases is worth it.
Local elections usually have a lot less people with party affiliations too.
You can rationalise this all you want to pretend you're not a bad person but choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
The correct position, and the position that every Palestinian I've actually spoken to has, is that you should reject the system and regime entirely. Not legitimise it by participating.
Letting our children be educated into being chuds and destroying local social services by not voting isn't gonna lead to communism.
Step 1: Don't vote in local elections
Step 2: Voting rates hit some arbitrary low number, deligitimizing democracy
Step 3: ???
Step 4: We achieve communism or force a ceasefire?
I don't know, I just don't see it. It's no more logical than the Nazis attacking a transformer to make race war happen. I'm not even saying vote for Kamala, but throwing my ballot initiative to legalize abortion just doesn't make sense unless you're an accelerationist.
Bad take. Vote 3rd party on top of the ballot, or leave it blank. But you should def vote in the local elections and keep the Cletuses away from your kids.
i mean do check that though. Cause damn good chance a school board director in your zipcode suspended a student for being Palestinian or Arab in the vicinity of zionists. If you are voting locally it should be even more discerning than ever and probably be someone who can speak to directly
Everyone I'm voting for is someone I've met and had drinks with lol, we're an elderly town on average (average age of 55), but a lot of the candidates are younger workers out here.
I vote in every election because most elections aren't presidential and might affect my life.
Same here. Whether I vote or not somebody is gonna win. Might as well judge it towards who I like, or is at least more palatable. Something something civic duty and all that.
Local elections are way more important than the presidential one, though. If you're not already, get involved in local politics, y'all.
Legitimising a system where the only two choices both support a genocide is bad actually. There is a third choice - not doing that.
Your county commissioner and school board director probably don't have much to do with the genocide, but a lot of these elections are literally "schoolteacher" vs "guy who thinks girls shouldn't be taught to read" in places and I think taking a stand in those cases is worth it.
Local elections usually have a lot less people with party affiliations too.
You are giving a mandate to a genocide.
You can rationalise this all you want to pretend you're not a bad person but choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
The correct position, and the position that every Palestinian I've actually spoken to has, is that you should reject the system and regime entirely. Not legitimise it by participating.
Letting our children be educated into being chuds and destroying local social services by not voting isn't gonna lead to communism.
Step 1: Don't vote in local elections
Step 2: Voting rates hit some arbitrary low number, deligitimizing democracy
Step 3: ???
Step 4: We achieve communism or force a ceasefire?
I don't know, I just don't see it. It's no more logical than the Nazis attacking a transformer to make race war happen. I'm not even saying vote for Kamala, but throwing my ballot initiative to legalize abortion just doesn't make sense unless you're an accelerationist.
Bad take. Vote 3rd party on top of the ballot, or leave it blank. But you should def vote in the local elections and keep the Cletuses away from your kids.
i mean do check that though. Cause damn good chance a school board director in your zipcode suspended a student for being Palestinian or Arab in the vicinity of zionists. If you are voting locally it should be even more discerning than ever and probably be someone who can speak to directly
Everyone I'm voting for is someone I've met and had drinks with lol, we're an elderly town on average (average age of 55), but a lot of the candidates are younger workers out here.
Good.
believing in civic duty in the Ponzi Scheme Country of all places is so fucking funny ahahah
Death to America
Very true. It’s also a pretty common position I’ve come across from people who don’t vote in presidential elections. They usually vote locally.