The Nazis have been taking over since Nixon, and voting blue did nothing but move us further right, although it accelerated with Reagan and Clinton. I’m old enough to have witnessed this slomo train wreck, maybe you aren’t. Socially left and economically right ain’t left.
It moved us right slower than if Republicans had been in charge the whole time. Americans don’t have the class consciousness to spontaneously vote left. Leftist third parties hold very few offices at all, and zero major ones.
Without a shift in cultural hegemony, and a flood of leftists in local offices to make good candidates for higher office, third party votes are a waste. They’re not electorally successful, they’re not even good marketing.
Voting blue slows the rightward slide. It can’t save us, it’s not supposed to save us. It’s supposed to give us enough time to save ourselves, to do the ground work to shift the culture to embrace the left when a party is ready. The culture has not shifted, the party is not ready. The least we can do is strategically keep out the politicians who most fervently legislate against worker rights.
Well if you pay taxes you’ve contributed to genocide. If you own a smartphone you’ve contributed to human slavery and suffering. If you eat meat you’ve contributed to the brutal treatment of animals. Whether you wanted to do those things or not doesn’t change that fact.
Being told voting for Democrats is the less bad path is still correct. They aren’t perfect and need some serious changes, but the alternative is far worse, but somehow pointing out that fact is a sin punishable by downvotes and insults.
The Nazis are taking over and the opposition isn’t exactly perfect so they gotta earn my special vote! - You
The Nazis have been taking over since Nixon, and voting blue did nothing but move us further right, although it accelerated with Reagan and Clinton. I’m old enough to have witnessed this slomo train wreck, maybe you aren’t. Socially left and economically right ain’t left.
It moved us right slower than if Republicans had been in charge the whole time. Americans don’t have the class consciousness to spontaneously vote left. Leftist third parties hold very few offices at all, and zero major ones.
Without a shift in cultural hegemony, and a flood of leftists in local offices to make good candidates for higher office, third party votes are a waste. They’re not electorally successful, they’re not even good marketing.
Voting blue slows the rightward slide. It can’t save us, it’s not supposed to save us. It’s supposed to give us enough time to save ourselves, to do the ground work to shift the culture to embrace the left when a party is ready. The culture has not shifted, the party is not ready. The least we can do is strategically keep out the politicians who most fervently legislate against worker rights.
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We’re all part of the problem, buddy.
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Well if you pay taxes you’ve contributed to genocide. If you own a smartphone you’ve contributed to human slavery and suffering. If you eat meat you’ve contributed to the brutal treatment of animals. Whether you wanted to do those things or not doesn’t change that fact.
Being told voting for Democrats is the less bad path is still correct. They aren’t perfect and need some serious changes, but the alternative is far worse, but somehow pointing out that fact is a sin punishable by downvotes and insults.