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I’ll reply to both of your comments just to be coherent:
(which seems to me to imply (in this case) don’t bother voting, revolution is the only way to make things better)
I did not say this. Voting can make things better it just often doesn’t. My mentality on voting is that if it’s easy to do then do it but there are counties where I live where people will have to wait for up to 3 hours to vote and often have to get to work. Is it worth it to browbeat these people who would rather do anything else? I would say not.
A single person being a vegan or driving an SUV does not matter in aggregate for the climate because there are systematic problems that pollute significantly more than any single person will in infinite lifetimes.
So then why not look for realistic solutions to ending capitalism rather than entertain the idea that a few thousand people (who spent lots of energy in the meantime pissing people off online for fun) are going to persuade enough people to join them in a successful communist revolution?
My brother/sister/nb in Christ are you really saying that it is more “realistic” to vote out capitalism than it is to have a revolution? There have been numerous revolutions and zero elections that have overthrown capitalism.
If you want to vote to improve things Godspeed and I’ll even join you, but the notion that you’ll achieve your goals of Socialism through voting is absurd. Direct action gets the goods and is infinitely more important than voting.
You know why they have to wait 3 hours to vote? Because Republicans gain power and make it more difficult to vote for those in areas they think may not support them.
Yes, it is Republicans I’m not going to dispute that, but when Democrats are in power in these areas they do not wield power in a way that propagates it. And our state wide democratic party is extremely dysfunctional and unpopular. There are federal regulations that could be implemented by Democrats to reduce voting shenanigans and they did not pass it when they had the House, Senate, and Presidency. So again, if when Democrats get the vote they’re unwilling to make changes that will make it easier for them to get elected why should I brow beat some person making $10 an hour to forgo $30 they need when Democrats won’t do the best minimum to win? I would rather spend my time at our food pantry/garden.
I think having people in power that don’t have a particular boner for cruelty will make any attempts at moving beyond capitalism easier.
No disagreement here I’m not an accelerationist, but I will reiterate that that is not an option in my area, the state run democratic party is extremely corrupt and useless. There’s a lot of mutual aid groups in my area that get tacit support of conservatives because they’re “apolitical” and are best able to function in this way. If Democrats get their shit together maybe it would be worth putting in effort for them, but as of now they’re functionally Republicans who fund education in this state.
Hope – hope that others will do the same and work together to make a better future. The pantry will be there next weekend.
This is some Obama era shit. Hope isn’t feeding people.
What if people like yourself ran for office so that it could become more effective (even if just locally) and then maybe become more popular?
I am finishing my PhD and getting the fuck out of this state. Once I have the means I will absolutely run for school board to keep a lib or a hog out of the spot and promote a Marxist indoctrination of our nation’s youth.
That alone would be enough to get me off my couch to vote D.
Again, I’m not against voting for the lesser of two evils, but I am not going to spend my time advocating for an anti-choice, anti-trans, anti-gay hog. We have “progressives” who gain traction on a state wide basis and the Democratic party systematically kneecaps them every time because it is an old boys club.
Perfection is the enemy of progress.
I am not asking for perfection I am asking for the Democratic party to be a functional party, which it isn’t despite having the governorship in my state.
We all have a little bit of power to influence all kinds of stuff including US elections
The outcome of most states (in fact most counties, most precincts) is already known and condidered locked. If you live in most of the country and your vote is counter to that, what power does your vote have?
If our votes were not counted very rich people would not be wasting billions just to annoy people with too many political commercials.
There’s a lot of assumptions here. US presidential elections are multi billion dollar businesses. Political campaigns are a way for people to mske money. Rich people do waste billions on them. They are as grifted as anyone else, when it comes to this hollow polical system.
making more comrades which Hexbear is awful at
Seems to be a lot of comrades around here, and we’ve attracted a lot more since federation began. We’re a non-sectarian space, but it is true that we aren’t trying to be welcoming to s because they aren’t comrades at all and will not be unless they abandon their liberalism
Votes are earned.
I’ll reply to both of your comments just to be coherent:
I did not say this. Voting can make things better it just often doesn’t. My mentality on voting is that if it’s easy to do then do it but there are counties where I live where people will have to wait for up to 3 hours to vote and often have to get to work. Is it worth it to browbeat these people who would rather do anything else? I would say not.
A single person being a vegan or driving an SUV does not matter in aggregate for the climate because there are systematic problems that pollute significantly more than any single person will in infinite lifetimes.
My brother/sister/nb in Christ are you really saying that it is more “realistic” to vote out capitalism than it is to have a revolution? There have been numerous revolutions and zero elections that have overthrown capitalism.
If you want to vote to improve things Godspeed and I’ll even join you, but the notion that you’ll achieve your goals of Socialism through voting is absurd. Direct action gets the goods and is infinitely more important than voting.
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Yes, it is Republicans I’m not going to dispute that, but when Democrats are in power in these areas they do not wield power in a way that propagates it. And our state wide democratic party is extremely dysfunctional and unpopular. There are federal regulations that could be implemented by Democrats to reduce voting shenanigans and they did not pass it when they had the House, Senate, and Presidency. So again, if when Democrats get the vote they’re unwilling to make changes that will make it easier for them to get elected why should I brow beat some person making $10 an hour to forgo $30 they need when Democrats won’t do the best minimum to win? I would rather spend my time at our food pantry/garden.
No disagreement here I’m not an accelerationist, but I will reiterate that that is not an option in my area, the state run democratic party is extremely corrupt and useless. There’s a lot of mutual aid groups in my area that get tacit support of conservatives because they’re “apolitical” and are best able to function in this way. If Democrats get their shit together maybe it would be worth putting in effort for them, but as of now they’re functionally Republicans who fund education in this state.
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It’s false hope, and that false hope brings complacency. why organize when voting is sufficient?
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This is some Obama era shit. Hope isn’t feeding people.
I am finishing my PhD and getting the fuck out of this state. Once I have the means I will absolutely run for school board to keep a lib or a hog out of the spot and promote a Marxist indoctrination of our nation’s youth.
Again, I’m not against voting for the lesser of two evils, but I am not going to spend my time advocating for an anti-choice, anti-trans, anti-gay hog. We have “progressives” who gain traction on a state wide basis and the Democratic party systematically kneecaps them every time because it is an old boys club.
I am not asking for perfection I am asking for the Democratic party to be a functional party, which it isn’t despite having the governorship in my state.
This phrase is the enemy of progress.
Its always used to argue for why we need to allow some lib bullshit, and shut up.
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Believing that the people on this site have the power to influence US elections is what’s not realistic
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The outcome of most states (in fact most counties, most precincts) is already known and condidered locked. If you live in most of the country and your vote is counter to that, what power does your vote have?
There’s a lot of assumptions here. US presidential elections are multi billion dollar businesses. Political campaigns are a way for people to mske money. Rich people do waste billions on them. They are as grifted as anyone else, when it comes to this hollow polical system.
Seems to be a lot of comrades around here, and we’ve attracted a lot more since federation began. We’re a non-sectarian space, but it is true that we aren’t trying to be welcoming to
s because they aren’t comrades at all and will not be unless they abandon their liberalism
And when the D’s lose… because the D’s lost enough times that the R’s now run the state… what do you do then?