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(midwest.social)
196On my way to vote for segregation, because my side assures me I’m “one of the good ones.”
Lotta people seem to have missed what happened with Labour in the UK. Both sides are absolutely not the same, but let’s not pretend that a vote for self-preservation is a noble act.
And just to nip this in the bud, I did vote straight Democrat down the ticket. Just not thrilled to find out how many of those candidates will implement Facism: Now in Blue!
let’s not pretend that a vote for self-preservation is a noble act
It kind of is when half the passengers in the car are hellbent on steering everyone into a car shredder.
In your analogy, both parties want to steer the bus into the shredder, but one will do it in a way that kills fewer people, which includes sparing you. Forgive me if “Some of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make” isn’t a compelling political message.
I demand better than a party that asks me to allow the state to slaughter my most vulnerable brothers and sisters in order to secure my own safety. None of us are free until we all are.
If you don't vote in the primaries to choose which dems are on the ballot then the blame really lies on those who, like were already talking about, decided not to vote in the primaries.
Maybe try harder in ALL elections because the only reason Republicans are in power is because of low voter turnout by democrats in 2024
I voted in the primaries, but this isn't true. The winner is decided beforehand and the election is just a formality.
The last time I voted for a non-establishment candidate who won the popular vote, the DNC ignored the election results and gave the nomination to their preferred candidate instead. That's why we got Hillary instead of Bernie in 2016.
Is that why establishment Dem candidates like Cuomo and the Michigan traitoress lost their primaries?
The sides aren't the same. Voting alone won't fix things. Multiple things can be true at once and the folks who point out the truths that complicate your narrative aren't all foreign provocateurs.
Re: voting, I think it's helpful for radicals to look at voting not as a means of fixing the system, but as an opportunity to have a say in choosing the enemy they will face in the courts and in the streets.
Yessss, with our Agent Krasnov in place we were able to make (1) deal to sell diesel after only 6 years. The West will surely fall from this masterstroke
I can get paid for being an asshole online? I've been giving away my talents for free all this time.
Recruiting useful idiots to do the grunt work for them is part of the program.
Most compelling argument I've seen for voting mattering is that rich people are spending a ton on advertising / campaign funds / etc. Follow the money, and if Musk is dropping half a billion to get more shitty republicans elected, then clearly it matters and both sides are not the same.
rich people spend a lot on Dems as well though. If your issue is corporate interests, then you likely don't have any candidate to vote for.
Vote if you want but don't expect it to stop the orphan crushing machine. Our only options are to swap the manager for someone who uses pleasant words while they operate it and maybe, just maybe, releases an orphan or two if they really feel up to it.
.ml
What does ml stand for?
It's the top level domain for the country of Mali, but also can be interpreted as "Marxist Leninist." Lemmy.ml is a tankie instance run by the tankie developers of Lemmy.
"you're from the bad place" isn't a particularly strong counter-argument
Hands up, who didn't immediately guess the instance?
GUYS! FOUND ONE!
What are you doing to swap “managers?” I’d love to help.
I'm not doing anything to swap managers. My goal is to destroy the orphan crushing machine and to do that I am a member of a party focused on politically educating the working class and agitating for revolution. You can find our platform here
Nah, you're a putin boot licker.
Funnily we rarely see your like except before elections.
That sounds about right for a party that hasn’t put a single candidate into office.
Best of luck to you.
My goal is to destroy the orphan crushing machine
Candidates do not get elected on the platform of "The American working class needs to violently oppose their oppressors and remove them from power by any means necessary". Socialists have tried seizing power through parliamentarianism and it hasn't worked a single time. In fact, in many cases it resulted in the complete abandonment of their principles.
I’d vote for that candidate in a heart beat.
If you somehow convince everyone who chooses not to vote for socialism into physically overthrowing our system, call me up. I’m down for it.
you guys haven't even lost and you're already blaming everyone else. moth supposes it never ceases to amuse how alike democrats are to trump. same party, same tactics.
I think you misunderstand what the post is saying.
It's saying "don't let trolls dissuade you from voting".
least racist liberal
The fact that your account was created a few weeks before the US election and you mostly comment about how voting doesn't actually change anything... Doesn't exactly do much to discount OP's message.
"I'm in this photo and I don't like it"
Also every straight guy upset about Wicker.
2 week old account, full of downvoted and removed comments. Smells like ban evasion.
What
Bye Ivan.
