Apparently I’m now a shitlib for not buying into this disgusting tankie propaganda that it was all the Wests fault and Stalin had to ally with Hitler.
For a mod who loves to ban others for bad jacketing, they sure have no problem doing it to other anarchists.
The Ban:
The Context:
I do get the issue with FPTP, I wish we had something to break the stasis. I am in a blue state, some of our federal reps run un-opposed and it gives me a jaded outlook on electoral participation; the result has always been a forgone conclusion in my state since as long as I’ve been of voting age.
I usually vote third party as a vote of no confidence, but then people act like this is some battleground where you’re literally the enemy if you don’t vote the right way
Especially running unopposed, I entirely understand a protest vote. I do think too often everyone assumes everything is a battleground, to me the biggest concern is strategy. I absolutely loathe the “part time candidates” like Jill Stein for the record, who only ever shows up at election time, and does absolutely nothing outside of election years. Just grifters wrapped in a different color imo.
I also think too often people who live in a “safe state” underestimate just how much of a battleground others can be though, which is why I’m not a fan of considering all democrats to be the same either. The leadership sucks, and so, so, so many of the long-standing elected representatives do, but using the “D” next to your name under the current structure of voting is substantially beneficial, and fracturing the vote with a third party in a local/state/federal election by competing on who can be more progressive is flirting with the risk of losing out entirely to regressive fascists, which also really sucks for us.
I just hope we avoid the accelerationist timelines, which I think will be far more horrifying than most people realize. Maybe its from me visiting places that have seen civil war and devastation, but I’m really hopeful that we never have to see that here (and still get rid of the fascists).
I don’t like the green party either at this point, I liked Ralph Nader when he ran because he actually had a track record of being critical of the automobile industry. I definitely haven’t voted for them since though.
I’ve had enough relatives live through civil war and famine to not want to find out about it either. I’d like to think that cooler heads prevail.