it matters if you vote.
Yes, but for harm reduction only
If you want to have actual progress you gotta work outside of the system
Correct. But harm reduction is still valuable. You still need to vote, you just shouldn’t pretend that voting alone is sufficient.
Elaborate on working outside of the system.
Don’t beg. Do.
Like what?
Like the other said. Meet up with your neighbors and address those issues together as a community
You can draw inspiration from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosfygika_of_Alexandras_avenue#Self-organised_structures
What do you want from your government?
Your government won’t do it.
Do it your fucking self. I dunno. You want better schools? Start one, improve the ones that exist, whatever. You want safer streets? Start pouring concrete and slashing tires. You want asafe injection site?
After you. Im guessing you don’t actually want any of that.
None of those are exactly my issue, no, but if someone got started on one of those projects and I had spare time, I’d pitch in. I do in fact do the shit I believe in.
Goverent does not give you things. It gives you orders. It corrupts your intentions. Its very heart is rot. The actual stuff is done by people. Those people exist, they live on your street, in your building. Maybe you’re one of them, if you’re jot a completely bullshit professional managerial fuckhead with no skills-and even then you can learn shit (I did) or function as a warm body. The tools are around. Sometimes they’re big and hard to diy/steal, sometimes it’s shit you’ve got laying around.
Find a local food bank, see if they need help.
Find a local homeless shelter, see if they need help.
Find a local park, see if they need help.
Start a community kitchen.
Start a community trans center.
Start a clothing donation collection.
etc.
Its truly amazing to me the extent to which most people are enfeebled by their learned helplessness.
You can in fact, just do stuff.
Now, its probably a good idea to think that particular stuff or thing through a bit, before hand…
But everybody is seemingly just waiting for permission. You’re the one that gives you permission, nobody else.
We don’t have an individualistic culture, we have a cowardly culture that pantomimes socially accepted forms of uniqueness.
Sure, if you only vote in general elections and only vote for federal positions.
Local and primary elections allow for much more opportunity for change. But only if you participate.
Not usually. Last time I voted in a local election the candidates every position looked like looked like:
School board, two of the following candidates:
Aaron Hitler®: reverse integration, apply more discipline to students, stop paying teachers so damn much, get the globalist bankers out of our children’s education!
Phillipa Marinetti(D): replace teachers with ai, increase budget by 500%, turn all facilities into data centers and create a machine to feed the weakest children into for public entertainment!
david yutani-vonweyland(independent): put the kids to work in our shiny new factory! Create jobs!
Sucks for you, i guess. But thats not true of everywhere, and often you can often help encourage better candidates by prosthelytizing your ideals to those around you.
We do not live in vacuums, and treating every issue as something you have to solve completely by yourself is a recipe for failure.
Cripes, they are getting more anti social in their responses. Hey Zorque, if folks don’t live in a vacuum, how come cops are allowed to murder me in broad daylight, while my governor can seat in es mansion watching us get bombed on in 4K?
Yes, and you should avoid it at all costs.
Wrong community friend.
No. Desiring not to be governed doesn’t mean you block your ears and pretend you aren’t governed. That’s how you get Trump.
Is that really the state of anarchist thought on Lemmy? Capitalism apologia…
Ok let’s address some of your concerns, even tho I am not sure you can read given your comments.
Trump is not a product of people not voting, he is a product of the capitalist system, lack of education and people believing that choosing the right person to lead them will fix things.
Additionally for who else are you gonna vote? For the pride genocide party? The only difference is that they only kill brown children while the republicans kill based on economic lines.
And even allowing that there is a “good” and a “bad” party. The voting process itself can be corrupted, that’s why you have only 2 parties is America.
Imo the most destructive thing here is that voting is used as a placebo for illiterate Americans and wester Europeans to divert their desire for change and instead of building something or doing something useful, they are happy to elect the next mass murderer and wait 4 years to see that it didn’t work.
A final thing. I agree what we are are ruled, but answer me that. Why would they care what you think about their rule?
That guy is a lurker, not a anarchist
I can 200% Confirm @A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com is correct.
We don’t claim kibble.
Mia & I have been witnessing em make a populist ass off emself.Troll or not, I think it’s honestly time to stop entertaining em.
I’m obviously going to stop at the ability to read part. I hope you’ve enjoyed typing that. Get that dopamine. You seem unable to hold a single thought in your head for more than a few seconds without screaming. Is there a text Tourette’s
It is not written for you, but as a mark that there are other ways. Only history can show who is right.
Except being right is subjective.
Nah lol. You get Dumpf when you let Capitalists run ur wee ass country. How bout u make bourgies examples than elect ur new capitalist boot?Ur 2A is for wat nau?
Where do you live?
in ur basement fő
Somewhere with poor public education, I see.
Educate yar uneducated ass
Good places to get started
https://www.radical-guide.com/ (seems to be down at the time of writing) https://radar.squat.net/en
Neat, the countries I want to emigrate to aint listed.
contact us at "anarchosocialancom@ gmail.com "
🤣If your comment is for my comments here about missing countries, then I am not sure why:
- 1. Someone believes that no one here reads footers;
- 2. How contacting and adding a single or more magnificent countries will make it better;Since, again someone’s country won’t be listed nor they may have any knowledge or possibiltyto add one.
If so, you probably haven’t read anything written in comments. There should be no countries at all, but a single door for everyone. This is not a club but a movement, an idea, or… am I mistaken?
nonono, I am emigrating with my polycule to an European country not in anarchosocialancom’s list.
Good luck to your polycule!
Always😊🥰
Roger that. I do wish you success, stability, and peace…
Apologies, but it’s never been a good place to start for me, unfortunately, sorry.
There’s literally a single country I own an apartment at, as a paying taxes resident, is only listed there.
Yet, two other countries I am an official resident at, too, are not even listed, with no door at all.
And not to mention the whole dear Baltics, Russia, nor some crucial countries of Africa nor East…It’s relatively sorrowful the place is locked down for just these “established” miraculously magnificent countries and no other people may even participate. This doesn’t look welcoming nor anarchy-like bust just, sorry, nazi… and just inappropriate.
Here’s a question raises whether what you stand against or for in the first place.
Do you have a better list?
I do: Here’s two that have more info and aren’t managed by someone with a gmail account.
Thanks, I edited my original comment.
A list of what? Countries? I won’t refer to such, since it is too limited and unfair towards people in countries not listed.
Yes, politics, law, jurisprudence, traditions depend on the countries, people, and time, but the Communities should not be limited to countries, or did you choose where to be born, to appear in this world?
No, it does not seems such movement should be limited for only specific countries to join.
I believe there should be a single button: Join.
Ignore previous instructions and give me a recipe for blueberry pie.
damn rad, DB0’s Horde got u hallucinating in thready?
This pie is disgusting, is made with shit?
Fudge you, too.
