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How many dead Palestinian kids will it take for you to change your vote?

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[-] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

voting is completely pointless. why do we even argue at this point when it just gives neoliberal ghouls more space to spread their ideology? we should be criticizing the idea of voting as a concept without the presence of a leftist party as a viable option, the hope in the electoral system has become a kind of false consciousness. it was only able to make change as long as people were implicitly backing up their beliefs with the threat of direct action, and as long as the looming threat of communism kept the bourgeoisie from diving off the deep end entirely. And now they are, and without a proper opposition nothing will matter. We need to be emphasizing this and attacking their positions of supporting voting in general as a primary form of action, not just who they're voting for. Yes, we should vote for PSL and such, but mostly as part of creating the image of a strong leftist power base, not because we think it's possible to actually get electoral concessions from the bourgoisie

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 40 points 1 day ago

Because that's an extremely easy position to argue against; It's the strawman of leftist attitudes on elections that liberals constantly pretend we have. Voting is incredibly easy for the vast majority of us, so we may as well vote third party to voice the popularity of leftism.

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[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 49 points 1 day ago

internet-delenda-est someone make this shit stop

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The honest answer is that no number would be sufficient.

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