Message from @Elijah
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So you can see why I don't think voting is a good use of time right?
And you'd agree because I'm correct.
What do u think of the Zapatistas
If you think one of the candidates is more likely to lead to conditions you find more favourable in the third world or wherever, wouldn't it make sense to vote for this candidate?
Don't know don't care
But seriously I just don't know enough about them to have any strong opinions.
They're fairly good from what I know
That candidate doesn't exist.
It's a hypothetical
The conditions in American politics make it impossible for him to exist.
It's a dumb hypothetical.
It could happen
No it couldn't.
Read a fucking book you child.
Why not? The candidates are not the same, they are going to respond to things differently and do things differently
"bro what if a unicorn could answer your deepest wishes"
I don't see what's so crazy about this
In the storybook world where an anti-imperialist candidate is running for office where he would actually be able to disrupt imperialism, yeah I'd support voting for him.
But that would never happen.
I'm not talking about an anti imperialist
Exactly
In your own low-IQ way you understand
Allah has blessed you with some wisdom Elijah!
I didn’t read your message, I just noticed the part where you said we ought to be in solidarity with them.
I'm talking about a candidate who would simply be more likely to create the conditions necessary for more (in your view) positive change, ie a candidate you think is more likely to cause a progressive movement to form in wherever because of their actions
I don't mean you when I say we
You're not black
I can't conceptualize such a candidate but if for whatever reason he was likely to either actively disrupt imperialist extraction or just be really bad at it, yeah it might be worth voting for him
But I'd imagine there's still better uses for that time.
I'm only talking about voting
Not campaigning or anything else
Because most elections are inconsequential and the result is determined by how districts are drawn and votes are tallied rather than a simple majority
If someone showed me such a candidate, made a rational argument as to why they were likely to hamper imperialist practices, and I lived in a county or district that was heavily disputed and not gerrymandered as to make my voting pointless, I'd vote for them in a heartbeat and tell everyone I knew to vote for them. @monads
But that almost never happens.
I cannot think of an example of such an election.
Actually rationale is insufficient
Inshallah they would have to make an **EMPIRICAL** argument and show me the receipts behind this candidate.
Trump 2024
MAGA!
PATRIOT PARTY!