Message from @1brieflife
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If you have the time to vote and you want to, it doesn't matter, but people shouldn't go out of their way to vote or think it will manifest as meaningful political change.
depends on what you mean by meaningful
It's which color team in the fake culture war you want to be WINNING for the next year and a half.
your meaningful means fantasy world
my meaningful means whether my gas prices skyrocket
different worlds bro
I mean yeah
electoral politics can and does push the overton window to the right
That's about as good a reason to vote as you can get
and that's good in my book 😄
I don't see it pushing the overton Window to the left
Ever.
Maybe it matters more when you're a reactionary
it can if you get smart people in
But it's very inconsequential to my politics and organizing
Literally what are they going to do?
look at south america and you can see how electoral politics pushed a whole continent light red
This isn't South America
Voting’s important even in a rigged system.
It’s a way to send a message.
It's a better use of time outside of America
why
It also gives us important information about political identification across different parts of the country.
Theyre not the seat of empire, they're one of our imperial satellites and more political diversity electorally is tolerated
But if you start to push back against neoliberalism in a meaningful way they get rid of you
Like Idi Amin
Or Thomas Sankara
I guess they weren't elected, South American DemSocs are a better example
you should argue this point in another way
You can actually implement some life-changing reforms and paradigm shifts on the fringes of empire, but even then you're limited by the way you achieved legitimate power and it can and will be used against you
don't you agree that if material conditions deteriorate that leftist policies can be implemented easier
I agree that black nationalism in the US will literally never happen
but don't you care about universal healthcare
free maternity leave etc
it's easy to push the overturn window left on basic social democratic policies and it's happening in real time
I wish marcus garvey got his life task done
he was a great man
honestly him and Malcolm X were good leaders
geopolitics obviously affects what's politically possible as well