Maybe a bit doomer but when talking about channeling energy into alternatives to electoral politics in the imperial core it’s hard not to feel like you’re hyping up someone with a broken back walking up to try and deadlift eight hundred pounds

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    To be fair: I think voting has its place as a supplementary activity. After all, the ruling class is telling on themselves with their gutting of the voting rights act or looking for sneaky loopholes like election day being on a working day: hoping the poor will just be too busy to vote, especially at more regional or local levels of a country.

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      8 months ago

      The problems with voting are more the mentalities of:

      1. All I need to do is vote
      2. I have to vote for a Democrat because the other guy is worse, even if the Democrat is doing awful things too

      Voting is probably the easiest form of political participation and it’s definitely the form that gets the most press coverage. Leftists can take advantage of those things, as shown by the “uncommitted” votes going on now.