Direct action isn’t directly “trying to overthrow the government” It’s trying to improve one’s own life directly, instead of begging the elites to do so for you.
Voting legitimizes the act of voting being helpful and therefore justifies the millions on manhours wasted on electoralism, which is leaving people practicing it burnt out and disappointed at the end and doesn’t stop society sliding into fascism as is the final stage of capitalism.
You can disagree with me all you want. Voting doesn’t work. It’s a waste of time. Do literally anything else and don’t even waste any time thinking about it.
Leftists have never been the majority though so we can’t rely on voting to adress our issues and interests. Last time I saw numbers more Ameicans wanted a party to the right of the Republicans than Americans who wanted a party to the left of Democrats. We’re the absolute political minority yet many of our policies poll higjer than candidates from either party.
It’s because voting is useless. Many leftists don’t bother with voting and focus on things that actually work.
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Direct action isn’t directly “trying to overthrow the government” It’s trying to improve one’s own life directly, instead of begging the elites to do so for you.
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It is what I mean. I consider nation-state parliamentary voting useless at best and counter-productive at worst.
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Voting legitimizes the act of voting being helpful and therefore justifies the millions on manhours wasted on electoralism, which is leaving people practicing it burnt out and disappointed at the end and doesn’t stop society sliding into fascism as is the final stage of capitalism.
You can disagree with me all you want. Voting doesn’t work. It’s a waste of time. Do literally anything else and don’t even waste any time thinking about it.
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It might be useless, but ultimately it’s the only tool that the majority have at their disposal.
Leftists have never been the majority though so we can’t rely on voting to adress our issues and interests. Last time I saw numbers more Ameicans wanted a party to the right of the Republicans than Americans who wanted a party to the left of Democrats. We’re the absolute political minority yet many of our policies poll higjer than candidates from either party.
Not at all. Direct action is always an option.
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