robinoberg@feddit.uk to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoVoting for the lesser evil is still evilfeddit.ukimagemessage-square304fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down1187
arrow-up1477arrow-down1imageVoting for the lesser evil is still evilfeddit.ukrobinoberg@feddit.uk to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square304fedilink
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe fascists have already been cracking down on people trying to organize.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoSo your solution is defeatism? A bold strategy, let’s see how it pays off. /s
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoYes! Why not vote for the lesser evil to prevent harsher crackdowns than you would otherwise get?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause it doesn’t prevent anything.
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAt the end, yes, both outcomes are the same unless organization is successful. Why make organizing any harder than it needs to be?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI am confused by your reply. What is the “rock” I am buying?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoDid you watch the video? The rock that keeps tigers away is like voting that makes organizing easier. Politicians react to organized mass movements, rather than elections. You got it backwards.
minus-squaredeaf_fish@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI did watch the video. I agree that mass movements are what is required for change. I don’t understand, what am I buying?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.
The fascists have already been cracking down on people trying to organize.
So your solution is defeatism?
A bold strategy, let’s see how it pays off. /s
Yes! Why not vote for the lesser evil to prevent harsher crackdowns than you would otherwise get?
Because it doesn’t prevent anything.
At the end, yes, both outcomes are the same unless organization is successful. Why make organizing any harder than it needs to be?
I think I have a rock that keeps tigers away to sell you
I am confused by your reply. What is the “rock” I am buying?
Did you watch the video? The rock that keeps tigers away is like voting that makes organizing easier.
Politicians react to organized mass movements, rather than elections. You got it backwards.
I did watch the video. I agree that mass movements are what is required for change. I don’t understand, what am I buying?
You’re “buying” that elections make organizing easier. Just like Homer is buying that a rock can keep tigers away.